You can also look at the voter registration form by mail. To become a voter, you must be an American citizen, have lived in a certain place for at least 30 days, and be at least 18 years old. You must provide identification. You are a person, not a cat, not a dog. The registrant must also sign to ensure that you are an American citizen, that you have not lost your citizenship because of a crime, that you have lived for 30 days, and that you are over 18 years old. This is your manifesto. We will store it in the computer, and we will check your signature when voting. You must sign the envelope for the mailed ballot, and the signature will be consistent before your ballot takes effect. The above measures are to prevent unqualified voters from taking other people's votes and affecting the election results.
Every voter doesn't have to go to the polling station to vote, they can apply for mailing votes. Fill it out and send it back to the election department. This is to help voters who are busy, sick and traveling. So that they will not lose their right to vote for the above reasons. Other voters can go to the polling station in person to ask for a vote on election day. There should be no election signs outside the polling station on election day, so as not to affect the choice of voters. There is a voter register in each constituency of the polling station. After checking the names at the polling station, the voters will get a ballot paper, which will be filled out in person and put into the ballot box. If someone's name is not on the register, we will give him a provisional ballot. After they fill it out, they immediately put the ballot paper in a confidential envelope, then put it in a provisional ballot paper envelope, and then the voters signed it. This signature is compared with the signature of the register. After verification, voters will put their votes into the ballot box by themselves. In 2002, the United States promulgated the Help Americans Vote Act. They don't want to be unable to vote because your name is not on the roster for some reason. You can vote first, and then they will check whether you are qualified to vote. If you fail, your vote will be invalid. If you are found to have the right to vote, your vote will take effect. After the voting, the polling station was closed, and a responsible team opened the ballot box and took out the ballot papers. At least two staff members are responsible for counting votes, and their calculation results must be the same. Then, according to the different types of votes, mail votes, temporary votes and ordinary votes are sealed together. No one can open or destroy it. Finally sent to the ballot collection station. All these can be seen, which ensures that a qualified voter will not lose his due right to vote for some reasons. Each ticket can be traced back to a * * *, when it was opened and how many tickets were opened. If you give out ten votes, there will be twenty votes, which is meaningless. Every vote can be traced, so no one can use his power, financial resources and influence to buy votes. And prevent people who are not qualified to vote from taking advantage of loopholes to exercise their rights that they should not have. Finally, it is to ensure that the principle of fairness and justice of one person, one vote can be fully implemented.
You may ask, Chinese is not the official language of the United States. Why do we have election materials in Chinese? 1945, the us congress realized that many ethnic minorities were excluded from the election because of their lack of English ability, which was unconstitutional. Therefore, the law stipulates that if more than 5% or 1 10,000 voters in a constituency use the same minority language and have difficulties in English, then the constituency must provide election materials in minority languages during the election. In Jing Jun where I work, there are 1 10,000 China citizens who are not familiar with English. Therefore, we must provide election materials in Chinese according to laws and regulations, so that those China citizens who want to participate in the election can have the right of one person, one vote. The constitution stipulates that everyone's vote is equally important. Therefore, not knowing English should not be an obstacle for citizens to participate in the election. This is a sincere expression of fairness and democracy in America: one person, one vote, and every vote counts. Jinxian county is the area with the largest number of postal votes. Most voters in Washington state like to mail their votes. This is a trend in the last decade, and now more and more people vote by mail. You can see that there are many election items on our ballot, and you need to vote on them all. Voters can learn about candidates from the voter handbook at home, giving them more time to make decisions. Our presidential election is 1 1.2, and we believe that at least 40% of voters will vote by mail. Voters can also vote if they are not in China. American citizens can work in China. They can also vote and send them back. Their votes count.
Q: I see from the materials that you have provided a lot of election materials in Chinese for the constituencies in China. Want to know if the valid votes cast by the voters last time were in Chinese?
Answer: We are Chinese votes. However, the conditions in other regions may be different. Without more than 10,000 Chinese, there may be no Chinese ticket.
Q: The last column of the presidential candidate is to choose someone else. In the 2000 election, how many people chose others?
Answer: In the presidential election, few people choose others because they have little chance of being elected. However, in local elections, many people choose others, such as members of local education committees, who have a great chance of being elected.
Q: I want to vote for Kerry, and I also voted for Kerry. But then I changed my mind and wanted to vote for Bush. Can I change my mind? What kind of legal provisions are there?
A: If you have put your ballot into the ballot box or mailed it, there is no way to change it. If you want to change your mind, you should make a decision before that. If it is mailed, you can cross the ballot paper. If you are at the polling station, you can tell the staff that I made a mistake. Please give me a new ballot.
Question: In your opinion, are Chinese voters in Jinxian more likely to vote for Bush or Kerry? Did Kerry make any promises to Chinese voters when canvassing? Who is more pro-China, Bush or Kerry?
A: As election workers, we must remain neutral. We can't say which candidate has a better chance. We are not allowed to talk about this problem at all. The results will be available in ten days, and everyone will know then, because the support rate of the two candidates is similar, and it is still difficult to predict.
Q: Do voters know about the candidates? Including state legislators and the secretary of state? How can we ensure that voters can get to know these candidates well?
A: Actually, this is the responsibility of the voters themselves. Our responsibility is to ensure that voters are qualified voters, but we cannot force them to read books and newspapers. We provide voters with voter handbooks and election materials, and voters can see which one they support. It's their choice whether we send them the voter handbook or not.
Q: Who nominated the candidate?
A: We have a deadline for nominations every year. This year is the first week of July. At this time, people can nominate themselves to participate in the election and pay a registration fee equivalent to one tenth of their annual salary. But they don't have to pay, they can sign on their behalf. If your registration fee should be $3,335, you can ask 3,335 voters in your constituency to sign it as a registration fee.
Question: For example, what if the nominated candidate can't write down the ballot now?
A: There is no limit to the number of votes. If there are many candidates, we can extend it indefinitely.
Q: The local elections in China have just begun. What advice do you have for us?
A: First of all, I'd like to invite you to visit our election in Jing Jun. I believe that the most important thing in a fair election is transparency, and every procedure can be seen by the public. In addition, it is also important that each person has one vote and each vote has the same weight. I don't think we should engage in too complicated elections at the beginning to interest voters. Let voters believe that you will always be a fair and just voter, and let them trust you.
Question: Do Chinese voters show the same enthusiasm as local voters?
A: In this election, all the voters showed great enthusiasm. Voters in China are also involved. In many states, people queue up to register, including people from China. Everyone knows that the election is very close, so every vote is very important. Washington state has its first Chinese-American governor. Because Chinese voters voted for him, they actively participated in the election.
Q: I think the election expenses in the United States are too high for developing countries like China to afford. In addition, in the election, all the candidates promised the entrepreneurs who donated money to them. Do you think it's fair to ordinary citizens?
A: Elections do cost a lot of money, but democracy is very important. If we don't run the election well, we won't have our democracy, so it is expensive, but it should be. Many big companies do use a lot of money to sponsor voters to hold elections. We also have laws that limit the maximum amount that big companies can donate. You can't buy advertisements on TV for so long. You can let go of your own policies and don't attack each other, but in the end, it is the American people who vote.
Q: The laws of different states in the United States are different. The voter qualification in Washington State is eighteen, and he has lived for thirty days without losing his citizenship because of crime. I want to know whether a person can get the right to vote in two States at the same time, because the laws in each state are different. How to solve such a conflict?
Answer: This question is very good. This issue is very important, especially in the presidential election in 2000. Traditionally, the information of voters has been kept by local small county governments. Now it is slowly rising from the local level to the national level, and the future trend is nationalization. You can see the national voter data in the future, but you can't see it now. In the 2000 presidential election, there was such a problem that people could register in two States. However, it is stipulated in our criminal law that one person votes twice to be sentenced, which is a very serious crime. If the voter moves and the letter we sent him returns, we will know that they are not in our constituency and disqualify him. We prevent this from happening and don't give them a chance to vote twice.
Q: How can voters protect their voter qualifications from infringement?
A: If you fill out the voter registration form, there is usually no problem. You can't vote unless others know what you have done and there is evidence that you have no right to vote. Our voter information is public. If you want to see why I don't have the right to vote, you can. If you think you have the right to vote, you can get a lawyer to help you with the lawsuit. This is a question of being deprived of citizenship.
Q: Does the problem of Florida presidential election in 2000 indicate that there are serious problems in the American presidential election system?
Answer: The presidential election in 2000 was very close, which revealed that there were also problems in the procedures of American elections. Votes are regionalized, and each state is different. Therefore, because the procedure was not done well, it finally went to court and was decided by the US Supreme Court. If we find any problems after the election, we will revise it. The Help Americans Vote Act promulgated in 2002 has made many corresponding provisions.
Question: What should I do if the votes are damaged or lost before they are counted in time? How to deal with the counted votes?
Answer: According to the law, we will keep our vote for 22 months to prevent legal disputes. If someone says there is fraud, we will re-check the tickets. All ballot papers and voter lists are put in boxes, sealed and not allowed to be opened. They can only be made public in court. It can be destroyed in 22 months. If there is a fire on election day and the votes are burned, another election will be held.