罗得岛州选举日前投票近14万创纪录：三方角逐州长
11月3日，罗得岛州选民走进投票站参加大选，除新肖勒姆镇外，全州投票站开放时间为上午7时至晚上8时，新肖勒姆为上午9时至晚上8时，邮寄选票须在选举日晚上8时前送达选举委员会。
本次选举最受关注的是州长之争，民主党候选人海伦娜·福尔克斯、共和党候选人亚伦·古基安和独立候选人肯·布洛克三方竞逐，福尔克斯已于当天上午在普罗维登斯市救世军投票站率先投票；现任州长丹·麦基已在民主党初选中败给福尔克斯，因此无论结果如何，罗得岛州明年1月都将迎来新州长。
副州长之争由民主党籍现任副州长萨比娜·马托斯对阵共和党候选人约翰·洛克林，新罕布什尔大学11月1日公布的民调显示，福尔克斯以55%领先布洛克的34%和古基安的8%，马托斯以56%领先洛克林的41%。普罗维登斯市长选举同样引人注目，民主党社会主义者大卫·莫拉莱斯对阵共和党候选人大卫·塔兰。选民还将对多项涉及预算的公投提案投票。
投票热情高涨：截至11月2日结束时，已有139976人通过邮寄或提前现场投票，创下该州选举日前投票的历史最高纪录；罗得岛州非总统选举年的最高投票纪录为2006年的393882票，今年有望追平或打破。选举委员会公布的计票时间表显示，投票站现场选票和提前投票结果将于当晚8时20分起公布，邮寄选票部分结果将于晚上9时后公布。
（来源：普罗维登斯日报）
Rhode Island Sets an Early-Voting Record of Nearly 140,000 Ballots as Three Candidates Vie for Governor
Rhode Island polls were open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on November 3, except in New Shoreham, where hours were 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; mail ballots had to reach the Board of Elections by 8 p.m. The marquee race was for governor, a three-way contest among Democrat Helena Foulkes, Republican Aaron Guckian and independent Ken Block; Foulkes voted early in the morning at the Salvation Army polling place in Providence. Gov. Dan McKee lost the Democratic primary to Foulkes, so Rhode Island will have a new governor in January regardless of the outcome. In the lieutenant governor's race, Democratic incumbent Sabina Matos faced Republican John Loughlin. A University of New Hampshire poll released November 1 showed Foulkes at 55%, ahead of Block at 34% and Guckian at 8%, and Matos at 56% to Loughlin's 41%. In Providence, Democratic socialist David Morales faced Republican David Talan for mayor. Voters also decided several budget referendum questions. Enthusiasm was high: by the close of November 2, 139,976 people had voted by mail or in-person early, the highest pre-Election Day total in state history; the record for a non-presidential year is 393,882 votes in 2006, within reach this year. Polling-place and early-voting results were scheduled from 8:20 p.m., with mail-ballot results after 9 p.m.
(Source: The Providence Journal)
来源：普罗维登斯日报
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