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CHINADAILY手机报 2017-05-08 12:34
5. 事前投票
early voting
请看例句:
The Republic of Korea (ROK) began early voting on Thursday in the election to replace ousted president Park Geun-hye. Early voters can cast ballots at about 3,510 polling stations across the country before the election next Tuesday, the National Election Commission said in a statement.
4日,韩国总统选举开启"事前投票",以寻找遭罢黜总统朴槿惠的继任者。全国选举委员会在一份声明中称,在9日举行的正式选举前,事前选民可以在全国约3510个投票站进行投票。
"事前投票(early voting)"是指允许可能在选举日当天缺席投票(be absent on election day)的选民提前投票(cast ballots earlier)的制度,旨在提高选民的投票票数(in hopes of boosting voter turnout)。近年来,韩国在国会和市长选举(parliamentary and mayoral elections)中引入了事前投票制度,但还是第一次将其用于总统选举。本次大选事前投票时间为4日和5日两天。事前投票的票数(advance votes)将计入最终投票结果。
朴槿惠遭到弹劾罢免改变了韩国大选的时间表(Park's impeachment and removal from office changed the ROK's election schedule),总统选举由原定的今年12月提前至5月9日举行。大选获胜者将免去两个月的过渡期(forgo the two-month transition),立刻作为新总统走马上任(be sworn in as the new president immediately)。选前调查(pre-election survey)显示,共同民主党总统候选人文在寅轻松领先其主要对手(comfortably leads his main rivals)。
[相关词汇]
投票日 polling day
缺席投票 absentee voting
合格选民 eligible voter
政治观察员 political watcher
投票亭 voting booth
(来源:CHINADAILY手机报,编辑:丹妮)