肯塔基州提前投票逾43.8万张创新高：麦康奈尔参议员席位开放
11月3日，肯塔基州投票站按当地时间从上午6时开放至晚上6时，晚上6时前排队的选民仍可投票，杰斐逊县路易斯维尔市选民将决定联邦参议员、路易斯维尔市长、县检察官、县治安官和县书记官等职位。提前投票创下新高，州选举委员会数据显示，全州已有超过43.8万名选民通过邮寄和提前投票完成投票，比2022年中期的337975票增长近26%，其中10月29日至31日三天无理由提前投票期共投出约37.7万票。
杰斐逊县提前投票同样踊跃，近7.2万名居民在10月29日至31日前往提前投票点，约占已登记选民的13%，其中民主党选民超过4.7万人，共和党选民约1.8万人。联邦参议员选举是全州焦点，选民将选出接替不再寻求第八任期的共和党参议员米奇·麦康奈尔的人选，共和党众议员安迪·巴尔对阵民主党前州议员查尔斯·布克。
美国司法部计划向杰斐逊县和费耶特县派出联邦选举监督员，每组两至三人走访投票站，检查无障碍合规、临时选票发放和语言协助等情况，监督员只观察记录，不得干扰投票或在投票站内与选民交谈。路易斯维尔市公交机构TARC在选举日全天提供免费乘车服务，方便选民往返就近车站和投票点。
（来源：路易斯维尔信使报）
Kentucky Early Voting Tops 438,000 as Voters Pick McConnell's Senate Successor
Kentucky polls were open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time on November 3, with anyone in line by 6 p.m. able to vote. Louisville voters in Jefferson County decided a U.S. Senate race, the mayor's office, county attorney, sheriff and county clerk. Early voting set a record: State Board of Elections data showed more than 438,000 Kentuckians had already voted by mail or early in person, up nearly 26% from 337,975 in the 2022 midterms, including about 377,000 ballots during the three no-excuse early voting days of October 29-31. In Jefferson County, nearly 72,000 residents voted early from October 29 to 31, about 13% of registered voters, including more than 47,000 Democrats and about 18,000 Republicans. The Senate race was the statewide focus: voters chose a successor to Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, who is not seeking an eighth term, with Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr facing Democrat and former state Rep. Charles Booker. The U.S. Department of Justice planned to send federal election monitors to Jefferson and Fayette counties in two- or three-person teams to check accessibility, provisional-ballot handling and language assistance; monitors only observe and record and may not interfere with voting or speak with voters inside polling places. Louisville's TARC transit system offered free rides all day on Election Day.
(Source: Louisville Courier Journal)
来源：路易斯维尔信使报
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