波士顿选举局提醒：投票箱10月31日上午8时起关闭、11月1日下午2时前重开
马萨诸塞州萨福克县波士顿市（Boston），波士顿市选举局在11月3日州选举前发布提醒：全市投票箱将于10月31日上午8时起关闭，11月1日下午2时前重新开放，选民可在此后投递选票，或将选票送交市政厅241室的波士顿选举局。波士顿市政府发布了这份提醒。
波士顿市共有443,178名登记选民，选举局已招募培训2,000多名投票站工作人员，服务全市275个投票区，其中483多名工作人员可提供语言协助，语种包括西班牙语、中文、越南语、海地克里奥尔语、佛得角语、俄语与葡萄牙语等。印刷选票除英文与西班牙文外，在规定地区还提供英文与中文、以及英文与越南文对照版本，选民也可按需申请语言口译。
投票站11月3日上午7时开放、晚上8时关闭，选民可通过州务卿网站查询登记状态。波士顿市自10月26日起已开始处理投寄与提前投票的选票，10月30日前收到的选票已陆续拆封并送入计票机。
华人选民如需中文协助，可向投票站工作人员提出。
Boston Election Department: Ballot Drop Boxes Close October 31 at 8 A.M., Reopen by 2 P.M. November 1
BOSTON, Mass. — Ahead of the November 3 state election, Boston's Election Department reminded voters that the city's ballot drop boxes close at 8 a.m. on October 31 and reopen by 2 p.m. on November 1. After they reopen, voters can deposit ballots in the boxes or deliver them to the Election Department in Room 241 of City Hall, the city announced.
Boston has 443,178 registered voters. The department has recruited and trained more than 2,000 poll workers to serve the city's 275 precincts, including more than 483 workers who can provide language assistance in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean Creole, Russian, Portuguese and other languages. Printed ballots are available in English and Spanish, and in designated precincts in bilingual English-Chinese and English-Vietnamese editions; voters may also request an interpreter.
Polls on November 3 are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and voters can check their registration on the Secretary of the Commonwealth's website. Boston began processing mailed and early ballots on October 26, and ballots received by October 30 have been opened and fed into tabulators.
Chinese-speaking voters who need assistance in Mandarin or Cantonese can ask poll workers at their voting location.
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