州长弗格森呼吁选民用投票箱交票：华盛顿州全州601个投票箱、国民警卫队协防7县、瑟斯顿县已收76531张约35.67%
华盛顿州瑟斯顿县奥林匹亚市，华盛顿州州长鲍勃·弗格森与瑟斯顿县审计官玛丽·霍尔10月30日在南普吉特湾社区学院奥林匹亚校区举行的记者会上，亲自用官方投票箱交回选票，并呼吁选民在投票日临近时改用投票箱而非邮寄，因为邮政延误可能导致选票无法在11月3日晚8时截止前盖上邮戳，进而影响计票。
弗格森说，邮寄选票须在投票日晚8时前盖邮戳才有效，而越临近投票日，邮寄的不确定性越大。
华盛顿州共有601个投票箱，由各县选举工作人员定期清空并直接运往当地计票中心，破坏投票箱属于犯罪。弗格森已向各县审计官提供国民警卫队协助选举安保，7个县接受；在瑟斯顿县，队员不带武器、不穿制服、直属县审计官，不接触选票、不参与计票。
截至10月29日，瑟斯顿县已收到76531张选票，投票率为35.67%；全州共有64个投票中心，其中瑟斯顿县2个。
来源：GSM·美国
Washington Governor Ferguson Urges Drop Box Voting in Olympia: 601 Boxes Statewide, Guard Assists 7 Counties, Thurston County Has Received 76,531 Ballots
Olympia, Thurston County, Washington — Governor Bob Ferguson and Thurston County Auditor Mary Hall personally dropped their ballots in an official drop box at an October 30 press conference at South Puget Sound Community College's Olympia campus, urging voters near Election Day to use drop boxes rather than mail, because postal delays could keep ballots from being postmarked by the 8 p.m. deadline on November 3 and thus from being counted.
Ferguson said mailed ballots must be postmarked by 8 p.m. on Election Day to count, and the closer to Election Day, the greater the uncertainty of mailing.
Washington has 601 ballot drop boxes, emptied regularly by county election staff and taken directly to local counting centers; damaging a drop box is a crime. Ferguson has offered National Guard support for election security to county auditors, and seven counties accepted. In Thurston County, Guard members are unarmed, out of uniform, report to the county auditor, and do not touch ballots or take part in counting.
As of October 29, Thurston County had received 76,531 ballots, a turnout rate of 35.67 percent. There are 64 voting centers statewide, two of them in Thurston County.
Source: GSM America
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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