波士顿市政厅10月26日起处理提前投票选票
波士顿市政府宣布，市政厅将于 10 月 26 日和 27日两天处理提前投票选票，时间为每天上午 8 时 30 分至下午 5 时 30 分，地点在市政厅 801室。根据市政府 10 月 22日发布的公告，工作人员将在此期间把提前投票选票从信封中取出并送入计票机，处理工作将持续到11 月 3 日选举日投票结束，10 月 28 日至 11 月 2 日的处理时间同样为上午 8 时 30 分至下午 5 时 30分，选举日当天则从上午 8 时起处理至全部完成。公告明确，本次集中处理涵盖全市 1 至 22选区的所有投票分区的选票，未能在此期间处理的选票将送回各自投票分区处理。整个处理过程向公众开放观察，市政府同时提供免费的口译、翻译和无障碍服务，需要的市民可联系选举部门。市政府提醒，上述时间表可能根据实际需要调整。提前投票选票的提前处理并不等于提前公布结果，其目的是让选举日在投票结束后能够更快完成计票。对关心计票进度的市民来说，10 月 26日是走进市政厅现场观察这一程序的第一个公开窗口。
Boston City Hall to Process Early Voting Ballots Starting October 26
The City of Boston announced that City Hall will process early voting ballots on October 26 and 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day, in Room 801 of City Hall. According to the city's announcement issued on October 22, during this period staff will extract early voting ballots from their envelopes and feed them into tabulators; processing will continue until voting ends on Election Day, November 3, with processing hours from October 28 to November 2 also 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on Election Day itself from 8 a.m. until all ballots are processed. The announcement makes clear that this central processing covers ballots from all voting precincts in wards 1 to 22 across the city, and ballots that cannot be processed during this period will be sent back to their respective precincts for processing. The entire process is open to public observation, and the city also provides free interpretation, translation and accessibility services, which residents who need them can request from the elections department. The city reminded residents that the above schedule may be adjusted as needs require. Processing early voting ballots in advance does not mean results are announced early; its purpose is to allow counting to be completed faster after voting ends on Election Day. For residents concerned about the progress of counting, October 26 is the first public window to walk into City Hall and observe the procedure in person.
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图片来源：波士顿市政厅（资料图）。摄影：Daniel Schwen，CC BY-SA 4.0，取自 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: Boston City Hall (file photo). Credit: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
