华盛顿选举日：75个投票中心开放至晚8时，邮寄选票须当日盖邮戳
哥伦比亚特区华盛顿市的中期选举投票日为11月3日星期二。在11月1日提前投票结束后，选举日适用以下安排。
华盛顿今年实行邮寄选票制度，所有登记选民都已收到邮寄选票。邮寄选票须在11月3日盖邮戳、并在11月13日之前送达选举委员会；使用投票箱交回的截止时间为11月3日晚上8时。
选举日当天，特区开放75个投票中心，开放时间为上午7时至晚上8时，选民可前往任何一个投票中心投票。特区还实行当日登记投票：10月4日前已在特区居住的居民即使尚未登记，也可在选举日于投票站登记并投票，登记时须出示特区居住证明。
11月3日，特区选民将选出12年来首位新市长与35年来首位新的无投票权联邦众议员代表，同时选出特区议会主席与议员、总检察长，并就第86号倡议表决——该倡议拟禁止以强饲方式制作鹅肝并禁止销售此类产品。需要语言协助的选民可拨打选举保护热线888-API-VOTE，获得普通话与粤语服务。据美联社数据，全美已有超过5,400万选民提前投票。
（来源：华盛顿特区选举委员会）
DC Election Day: 75 Vote Centers Open Until 8 p.m., Mail Ballots Must Be Postmarked Tuesday
Election Day in Washington, D.C., is Tuesday, November 3. With early voting having ended on November 1, the following rules apply on Election Day itself.
The District now votes largely by mail, and every registered voter has been sent a mail ballot. Mail ballots must be postmarked by November 3 and received by the Board of Elections by November 13; ballots returned to a drop box must be in by 8 p.m. on November 3.
On Election Day the District will open 75 vote centers, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and voters may use any vote center. The District also offers same-day registration: residents who have lived in D.C. since October 4 but are not yet registered may register and vote at a vote center on Election Day by showing proof of District residence.
On November 3, District voters will choose their first new mayor in 12 years and their first new nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House in 35 years, along with the D.C. Council chair and members and the attorney general, and will decide Initiative 86, which would ban foie gras produced by force-feeding birds and prohibit its sale. Voters who need language help can call the Election Protection hotline at 888-API-VOTE for Mandarin and Cantonese assistance. Nationwide, more than 54 million voters have already cast early ballots, according to the Associated Press.
(Source: DC Board of Elections)
来源：华盛顿特区选举委员会
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图片来源：图：华盛顿特区宾夕法尼亚大道黄昏街景。Carol M. Highsmith 摄，Public domain，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., at dusk. By Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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