Accessible Voting Information
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- Audio Ballot
- The optional audible ballot allows voters with visual disabilities to cast a secret ballot without relying on a family member or poll worker. Using headphones, a recorded voice guides the voter through the ballot. Votes are recorded using a numeric keypad.
- 錄音選票
- 此錄音選票可令視覺有障選民，聽到選票內容，而能投一份不需依賴家人或投票站工作員輔助的秘密選票。 通過聽筒播音，指導及輔助選民完成投票程序。利用數字鍵盤記錄所有在選票上所作的選擇。
- Ballot Style
- A specific number within a single precinct that associates candidates and ballot measures to an individual voter based on the voter's registered home address. To find your precinct or county council district, visit www.metrokc.gov/elections/gis.
- 選票式號
- 在每投選區為各選票式號而訂定的一個特別編號，此編號是依按選民用以登記的居住地址及相關的投選區、候選人或議案而編訂的。要查詢閣下的投選區或郡議會區，請參閱網頁 www.metrokc.gov/elections/gis.
- HAVA (Help America Vote Act)
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The Help America Vote Act is a series of sweeping election reforms passed by Congress after one of the most contested races for the White House in American history.
HAVA election reforms include:
- The elimination of punch card and lever voting equipment;
- Second chance voting, which gives voters the opportunity to view their ballot and correct any mistakes;
- The implementation of a single statewide voter registration system; and
- The implementation of accessible voting equipment by 2006.
Learn more at http://www.fec.gov/hava/law_ext.txt.
- HAVA (助美國投選法令)
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助美國投選法令是在歷史上競爭最劇烈的白宮選舉後，由國會所通過的全面選舉改革法例。
HAVA 助美國投選法令的改革包括:
- 取消穿孔及拉掣的投票器材;
- 成立提供有第二(修改)機會的投選制度。這樣選民在未投票前，將有機會可查閱及修改在選票上所作的選擇;
- 實施全州選民登記系統; 及
- 在2006年，實施方便體能有障的投票器材.
如想知悉更多，請參閱網址thttp://www.fec.gov/hava/law_ext.txt.
- Numeric Keypad
- Using headphones, a recorded voice guides the voter through the ballot. Votes are recorded using a numeric keypad.
The audio ballot begins by reading instructions on how to use the numerical keypad. Learn how to operate the keypad.
- 數字鍵盤
- 通過聽機播音，錄音說明將指導及輔助選民完成投票程序。所有在選票上所作的選擇，將利用數字鍵盤來記錄。 開始時，
錄音將播出怎樣使用數字鍵盤的說明。 學習怎樣使用鍵盤。
- Precinct
- A geographical subdivision created for voting purposes. A precinct can contain between 200 to 400 registered voters.
- 投選區
- 為投選程序而劃分出來的地域，。通常一個投選區有二百至四百名登記選民。
- Qualified Voter
- A legally registered voter who is at least 18 years old, a resident of Washington, a U.S. citizen and not convicted of a felony. Voters must register their residential address.
- 合資格選民
- 一位法定登記選民須已滿十八歲，是華盛頓州居民，是美國公民，及未被判犯有刑事重罪。選民需以居住地址登記。
- Statewide Voter Registration Database (VRDB)
- A single consolidated database of registered voters from all 39 counties in Washington State.
- 全州選民登記資料系統 (VRDB)
- 綜合華盛頓州三十九個郡的登記選民資料而組成的全州選民登記資料系統。
- Touch Screen Voting
- One of two ways to vote on an accessible voting unit. Voters who cast ballots electronically can verify that their selections have been recorded properly using a voter-verifiable paper ballot.
- 觸按熒屏投票
- 是方便投票機提供兩種投票方式之一。投此電子選票的選民，可查證他們在選票上所作的選擇，已由選民紙上查證選票系統上完整地記錄下來。
- Valid ID
- State law requires voters voting at the polls must present one of the following forms of identification:
- Any form of photo identification
- Voter registration card
- Copy of current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check or other government document that identifies the voter by name.
- 有效身份證明
- 州例規定，在投票站投票的選民須出示以下身份證明:之一:
- 任何有照片的身份證明文件
- 選民証
- 今期電話、水、電費單，銀行月結單，薪酬支票，政府支票或它
有選民姓名的政府文件。
- Vote by Mail
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An election conducted entirely by mail. Currently 70 percent of voters in King County cast a ballot through the mail.
King County Executive Ron Sims proposes transition to an all vote-by-mail system by 2007. If this happens, King County's 527 polling places will be replaced by a few regional voting centers to provide voters access to replacement ballots and accessible voting units.
- 郵寄投票
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全部以郵寄方式來投票的選舉。現今百分之七十的景郡選民是以郵寄方式來投票的。
景郡行政郡長Ron Sims提議應以漸進轉變方式，到2007年，景郡將全部以郵寄方式投票。如此實施，景郡五百二十七個投票站將由數個區域性的投選中心取替，使選民仍能索取替代選票及使用方便投票機。
- Voter Access Card
- A credit-card size card that stores the races and ballot measures a voter is qualified to vote on. At the polls, a poll worker will program ballot information corresponding to the voter's precinct on to the card after their identification is confirmed. The card contains no personal information, and does not record how the voter cast his or her ballot. Once programmed, the card is used to activate the accessilbe voting unit. The card can only be used once.
- 選民提選票卡
- 是一張型如信用咭，載有選民有資格參與投選的候選人及議案選舉項目的卡片。在投票站，一名投票站工作員，在確證選民身份後，按選民的選區為選民編製提票卡。 此卡不載有任何個人資料，及不會記錄任何有關選民怎樣投票的資料。 編製後，該卡可容許選民使用方便投票機。此卡祇限用一次。
- Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)
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Under Washington State law, a voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) is required for all accessible voting units.
Voters who cast ballots on accessible voting equipment can verify their selections have been recorded properly using the paper audit trail before they cast their ballot. Voters can read the summary and verify their choices, and choose to accept or reject the ballot and make changes.
- 選民紙上查證選票系統 (VVPAT)
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按華盛頓州法律，所有方便體能有障的選民的投票機皆須裝有選民紙上查證選票系統 (VVPAT)。
使用方便投票機的選民，皆可在未投票前，用紙上查證選票系統查證他們在選票上所作的選擇。選民可參閱選票摘要及查證他們的抉擇，然後決定接納或把選票作廢然後重選。
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