选举日仪式

现在选举日已经过去，有必要进行一些回顾。我恪守选举日的仪式。凌晨 5 点 35 分，我跟着一位邻居走出选区投票站，排队等待投票门打开。

After hearing friends complain about two and three hour waits to vote early because apparently everyone had the same idea, I expected things to be rather deserted at the polls. Not so. There were about 50 people already lined up ahead of me, the most I have experienced in my 25 years of voting there.

在听到朋友们抱怨因为显然每个人都有同样的想法而要提前投票两三个小时后，我预计投票站的情况会相当冷清。并非如此。大约有 50 个人在我前面排队，这是我 25 年投票经历中最多的一次。

Even more surprising was the 50 or more behind me by the time the doors opened at 6. I had a flight out of Fort Wayne at 9, so I wondered if I could make it, given the reports from early voting times.

更令人惊讶的是，当 6 点开门时，有 50 名或更多人落后于我。我 9 点乘飞机从韦恩堡起飞，所以考虑到早期投票时间的报告，我想知道我是否能赶到。

I was out the door at 6:15 a.m. The efficiency of the precinct poll workers was truly impressive.

我早上 6 点 15 分就出门了。选区投票工作人员的效率确实令人印象深刻。