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Early voting begins in the US midterm elections, with control of Congress potentially shifting.

Early voting begins in the US midterm elections, with control of Congress potentially shifting.

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September 18th, 2026

Early voting begins in the US midterm elections, with control of Congress potentially shifting.

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In-person voting for this year's midterm elections began on Friday, opening the final six weeks for Americans to decide which party they trust to lead Congress in tackling the cost-of-living crisis, the protracted war with Iran, and other pressing issues.

今年的期中選舉於週五展開現場投票為美國人開啟最後六週以決定他們信任哪個政黨來帶領國會應對生活成本危機伊朗的持久戰及其他迫切問題

Election administrators have said they are well prepared and confident that the voting will be accurate and secure.

選舉管理人員表示他們已做好準備並有信心投票將是準確且安全的。

Nevertheless, President Donald Trump has continued to disparage certain voting methods and reshape how elections operate through court challenges, federal hunts for non-citizen voters, and pressure campaigns to force election officials to share sensitive voter data.

儘管如此總統唐納德·川普仍繼續透過法庭挑戰聯邦搜捕非公民選民以及施壓運動迫使選舉官員分享敏感選民數據,來貶低某些投票方式並重塑選舉的運作方式

Friday marked the beginning of early voting in Virginia.

週五標誌著維吉尼亞州提前投票的開端

In several other states, including Minnesota and South Dakota, voters were able to cast absentee ballots in person at their local election offices or voting centers.

包括明尼蘇達州南達科他州在內的其他數個州其選民得以親赴當地選舉辦公室投票中心投下缺席選票

Over the coming weeks, these states and others are expected to roll out more extensive early voting operations.

預料在接下來數週內這些州及其他州將陸續展開更為廣泛的提前投票作業

At a polling station in Fairfax, Virginia, 18-year-old college student Sanya Singh was among the first voters to cast her ballot in person on Friday morning, having arrived to queue well before the station opened.

在維吉尼亞州費爾法克斯的一處投票站18歲的大學生桑婭·辛格爾是週五早上首批親自提前投票的選民之一她早在投票站開放前便已到場排隊

"Why not have a bit of fun in life, you know, try to be the first person to vote early?" she asked.

何不在生活中找點樂子,你知道,試著成為第一個提前投票的人?」她問道

"I really wanted to take part in my democracy."

真的很想參與我的民主。」

At a polling station in a suburb of Richmond, when the building opened, a poll worker rang a bell, and about a dozen voters waiting in line began to file in one after another.

在里奇蒙郊區的一處投票站當建築物開放時一名投票站工作人員敲響了鐘約十幾名排隊的選民開始魚貫而入

Stephen Gura was delighted to be the first.

史蒂芬·古拉很高興能成為第一個

"This election is crucial. We need to stop Trump's agenda," Gula said, adding that he had voted for Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Warner, as well as Shannon Taylor, the Democratic nominee in the 1st Congressional District, who is challenging Republican incumbent Rob Wittman.

這次選舉至關重要我們需要阻止川普的議程,」古拉說並補充說他投票給了民主黨籍美國參議員馬克·華納以及第一國會選區民主黨提名人香農·泰勒後者正挑戰共和黨現任議員羅布·惠特曼

The elections on November 3rd cover gubernatorial and state legislative races in most states, and will determine whether the Republican Party can maintain control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.

11月3日的選舉涵蓋大多數州的州長州議會選舉並將決定共和黨能否繼續控制美國眾議院參議院

If the Democrats retake Congress, it will change the course of the final two years of Trump's term, most likely leading to investigations and other oversight efforts.

如果民主黨重新奪回國會將改變川普任期最後兩年的走向最有可能導致調查其他監督工作

At a polling center in the suburbs of Richmond, voters streamed in and out continuously.

在里奇蒙郊區的投票中心選民絡繹不絕地進出

William Curry, a 74-year-old retiree who describes himself as an independent conservative with libertarian leanings, cast his ballot for Warner's Republican challengers, Bert Mizusawa and Whitman.

74歲的退休人士威廉·庫里自稱是傾向自由意志主義的獨立保守派,他將選票投給了華納的共和黨挑戰者伯特·米祖薩瓦惠特曼

Curry said that, apart from the war with Iran, he broadly approves of Trump's policies.

庫里表示除了與伊朗的戰爭外,他大致上認同川普的施政

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"He has got himself into a hopeless mess that he cannot get out of," Currie said of the conflict.

「他陷入了一個無法擺脫的爛攤子,」庫里談到這場衝突時說。

On a drizzly day in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 67-year-old Bill Gohring said he voted early at the county office because he was about to leave on a trip.

在南達科他州蘇福爾斯一個陰雨綿綿的日子裡67歲的比爾·戈林表示他之所以在縣辦公室提前投票是因為之後即將外出旅行

He cast his ballot for a mix of Democrats and independents, noting that Trump's "dictatorial tendencies are bad for America."

他將選票投給了民主黨人與獨立人士的混合並指出川普的「獨裁傾向對美國不利」

At the Sioux Falls office, John Thomas, a retired conservative police officer, said that nothing concerned him more than public safety and election integrity.

在蘇福爾斯辦公室約翰·托馬斯一位保守派退休警察表示他最關切的莫過於公共安全選舉誠信

He claimed that he did not want to see illegal immigrants living in the country voting in federal elections.

他聲稱自己不願見到居住在該國的非法移民於聯邦選舉中投票

However, such fraudulent voting has been proven to be extremely rare.

然而此類欺詐性投票已被證實極為罕見

Trump's immigration agenda is "completely right," the seventy-seven-year-old man said.

川普的移民議程「完全正確」,這位七十七歲的老人如此表示。

"If it stays unchanged for another four years, we won't remain a country for much longer," he said.

「如果再保持四年不變,我們就不會是一個國家太久了,」他說。

The start of early voting comes at a time when many Americans are deeply anxious and divided over issues such as rising gasoline and grocery prices, the war in Iran, the imminent risks of artificial intelligence, and Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement campaign.

提前投票的開始正值許多美國人汽油和雜貨價格上漲伊朗戰爭人工智慧的迫在眉睫風險以及川普激進的移民執法運動等問題深感焦慮和分裂之際。

This came after an unprecedented series of mid-decade congressional redistricting efforts unfolded one after another, beginning when Trump urged the Republican-controlled Texas legislature to redraw its congressional map to benefit the party; California and other states soon followed suit.

此前,一系列前所未有的十年中期眾議院選區重劃接連展開,始於川普敦促共和黨控制的德州立法機構重新繪製其國會地圖以助該黨;加州和其他州也相繼跟進。

These changes affect millions of people: research shows that this autumn, one in every ten Americans will live in a congressional district different from the one they lived in in 2024.

這些變化影響數百萬人研究顯示今年秋天每10個美國人中就有1人居住在與2024年不同的國會選區

After the US Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling this year that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act's protections against racially discriminatory redistricting, these partisan efforts are expected to continue through the 2028 elections.

在美國最高法院今年作出一項具有里程碑意義的裁決,削弱了聯邦《投票權法案》對種族歧視性選區重劃的保護後,這些黨派努力預計將持續至2028年選舉。

As early voting is about to begin, Trump is focused on asserting that the federal government holds control over election administration, even though the Constitution grants authority over election administration to the states and, in certain circumstances, to Congress.

隨著提前投票即將展開川普專注於主張聯邦政府對選舉管理擁有控制權儘管憲法將選舉管理的權限授予各州並在某些情形下賦予國會

The U.S. Supreme Court this week rejected Trump's request to restrict mail-in ballots; nevertheless, several other measures within his administration aimed at interfering with voting procedures and investigating state voter rolls continue to move forward.

美國最高法院於本週駁回了川普限制郵寄選票的請求然而其政府內部其他數項意圖干預投票程序及調查各州選民名冊舉措仍持續推進

Virginia's Democratic attorney general warned on Thursday that the Trump administration may have violated state law after a whistleblower alleged that federal employees had used voter lookup tools to impersonate individuals in order to search for noncitizen voters.

維吉尼亞州民主黨總檢察長週四警告,在一名舉報人指控聯邦雇員利用選民查詢工具冒充身份,以搜尋非公民選民後,川普政府可能違反了該州法律。

For years, Trump has consistently claimed that the specter of non-citizen voting is widespread in American elections, and this year is no exception.

川普多年來始終主張美國選舉中普遍存在非公民投票的幽靈今年亦不例外

However, research has consistently shown that non-citizen voting is extremely rare.

然而研究持續顯示非公民投票的現象極為罕見

David Becker, the executive director and founder of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, said he would not be surprised if the Republican president continued "his disinformation campaign and attacks on election officials."

選舉創新與研究中心執行主任兼創始人大衛·貝克爾表示這位共和黨總統持續他的虛假信息運動對選舉官員的攻擊」,他不會感到驚訝

But he said he believed that "the process will hold up as it has for the past few years."

但他表示他認為這個過程像過去幾年一樣維持下去」。

At least some voters cast their ballots early on Friday, partly because of Trump's actions.

至少有一部分選民之所以在週五提前投票,其部分原因在於川普的行動。

In Minneapolis, Dragan Kolakovic, a 47-year-old business process engineer, said he was unwilling to wait until Election Day, fearing he might be stopped by immigration agents.

在明尼阿波利斯47歲的業務流程工程師德拉甘·科拉科維奇表示他不願等到選舉日因為害怕被移民探員攔住

He said that Trump's decision earlier this year to send additional agents to Minnesota as part of an immigration crackdown had left him fearful.

他說川普今年早些時候在移民打擊行動中向明尼蘇達州增派探員的行為讓他感到恐懼

A naturalized U.S. citizen who moved from Bosnia in 1997, he had witnessed the horrors of war in the former Yugoslavia.

他是一名入籍美國公民1997年從波士尼亞搬來目睹了前南斯拉夫的戰爭恐怖

"This is exactly what I saw in Bosnia," he said, referring to the repeated sweeps by heavily armed immigration agents through his neighbourhood, where many immigrants live.

這與我在波士尼亞看到的情況如出一轍,」他談到全副武裝的移民探員多次掃蕩他居住著許多移民的社區時說。

He said, "These people are my neighbours and also my friends," and was promptly arrested.

他說道:「這些人是我的鄰居,也是我的朋友」,旋即遭到逮捕。

Laura Bland, a 63-year-old Democratic voter in Henrico County, Virginia, said she cast her ballot early to send the message that "we are still here," even as Trump attempts to restrict mail-in voting.

維吉尼亞州亨利科縣63歲的民主黨選民勞拉·布蘭德表示,她之所以提前投票,是為了傳達「我們還在這裡的信號」,即便川普正試圖限制郵寄投票。

"Whether you cast your vote for a Democrat or a Republican, no one will be prevented or intimidated from taking part in our nation's elections," Brand said, almost moved to tears.

無論你把票投給民主黨人還是共和黨人都不會有人被阻止嚇阻而無法參與我國的選舉,」布蘭德說道幾乎感動得落淚

This year, voting rights advocates have encouraged voters to cast their ballots by mail early, partly because they are concerned that recent operational changes at the United States Postal Service could cause ballots to be postmarked late.

投票權倡導者今年鼓勵選民提前郵寄投票,部分原因是他們憂心美國郵政服務近期的營運變動可能導致選票上的郵戳延遲蓋印。

Hannah Fried, co-founder and chief executive of the voting rights organisation All Voting Is Local, said that early voting "gives voters options, eases the pressure of queues on election day, and may even mean faster results".

投票權組織「所有投票都是地方性的」聯合創始人兼首席執行官漢娜·弗里德表示,提前投票「給選民提供了選擇,減輕了選舉日的排隊壓力,甚至可能意味著更快的結果」。

The head of the United States Postal Service also encouraged voters casting their ballots by mail to send them in a week before the deadline.

美國郵政服務的最高負責人也鼓勵以郵寄方式投票的選民,在截止日期前一週將選票寄出。

"If people vote early, all the problems can be readily solved," Postmaster General David Steiner said in an interview.

「倘若民眾提前投票,一切問題便能迎刃而解,」郵政總局局長大衛·斯坦納於接受採訪時表示。

At a news conference on Thursday, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon urged the public not to be swayed by reports they may have seen or read that call the conduct of the elections into question.

在週四的新聞發布會上明尼蘇達州州務卿史蒂夫·西蒙呼籲民眾不要被他們可能看過或讀過的質疑選舉運作的報導所影響

He said they would be able to vote "as usual."

他說他們將能夠像往常一樣投票

"I just want to reiterate that Minnesota's elections are fundamentally free, fair, accurate, honest, and secure," he said.

「我只想重申,明尼蘇達州的選舉從根本上來說是自由、公平、準確、誠實和安全的,」他說。

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