华盛顿州金县西雅图市华埠国际区特别审查区理事会年度选举邮寄投票进行中 选票11月17日前须寄达
西雅图市华埠国际区特别审查区理事会年度选举目前正在以邮寄投票方式进行，选票须在11月17日之前寄达西雅图市社区局，社区局工作人员将于11月17日上午11时至下午2时在兴海共享办公空间（梅纳德大道南409号）设特别办公时间，现场接收选票并提供越南语和中文口译服务。
理事会于10月22日公布候选人名单，提名已于10月19日截止，两个理事席位参加年度选举，分别是第3席（业主、物业主或雇员代表）和第5席（不限身份代表）。其中第3席没有收到任何提名，第5席只有一名候选人，即现任理事会主席、执业建筑师萨曼莎·黄，她曾担任西雅图华人商会副会长，长期关注保护社区独特风貌与促进社区繁荣。特别审查区理事会成立于1973年，负责保护、维护和提升华埠国际区的文化、经济与历史特色，理事会共7名成员，其中5名由社区选举产生、2名由市长任命，任期两年，最多可连任两届。
Seattle Chinatown International District Special Review District Board Election Under Way by Mail, Ballots Due November 17
The annual election for Seattle's Chinatown International District International Special Review District Board is being held by mail-in ballot, with ballots required to arrive at the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods by November 17. Department staff will hold special office hours on November 17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hing Hay Coworks, 409 Maynard Avenue South, to accept ballots in person, with Vietnamese and Chinese interpretation provided.
The board announced its candidates on October 22, after nominations closed on October 19. Two seats are up for election: Position 3, for a business owner, property owner or employee, which received no nominations, and Position 5, an at-large seat, whose sole candidate is Samantha Wong, the board's current chair and a practicing architect who has served as vice-chair of the Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Founded in 1973, the board works to preserve and enhance the district's cultural, economic and historical character; it has seven members, five elected by the community and two appointed by the mayor, serving two-year terms of up to two consecutive terms.
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图片来源：西雅图华埠国际区历史华埠大门，跨越南国王街 / The Historic Chinatown Gate over South King Street in Seattle's Chinatown International District. Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
