Early voters turn out to vote in Chicago

 Early voters turn out to vote in Chicago

CHICAGO, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- While most U.S. citizens will vote next Tuesday, some of the country's early voters are already out to cast their ballots¹. Ms. Megan Keskitaoo from Chicago turned out to vote on Saturday, saying "I hope our new president will be our old president."

Keskitaoo and her husband came to the management office of the Horner Park in Chicago Saturday morning, and joined a queue of some 30 people meandering² upward to the second floor to cast their votes for the U.S. president.

Living only a block away from the early voting site, Keskitaoo and her husband hope Obama will win the election. "I don't think ( Mitt³) Romney's policies will help our nation," she said, adding "I think (Barack) Obama has much better ideas."

The official voting day actually falls on November 6. But to address the need of those who may not be able to show up on the voting day, the city of Chicago opened early voting sites in 50 wards⁴ from September 29 to November 3.

"It's great they have early voting allowing people who have stuff they have to do on the election day to still have their voice heard," said Paooma Christy. Christy has come to the Bucktown-Wicker Park Library to cast her vote. Her choice is Obama.

"He (Obama) is being a little bit more honest than the other candidate, and I appreciate that," said the 23-year-old college graduate. Christy thinks that Obama has better plans for what needs to happen in this country. "I don't think Romney has a clue, personally," she said frankly⁵.

Dan Schuessler, a 27-year-old on-line project manager, also turned up on Saturday. "I think he (Obama) is leading the country in a right direction right now. If he is elected, his policy, his stance, issues have been consistent."

Ninety-year-old Metoyer does not look like his age. At Bucktown- Wicker Park Library, he explained: "Just get it done early so I don't forget." Voting Obama, he said, "I think he has done a very good job, and he wants to continue what he started. If (people) give him another four years, he can complete what he said he would do."

The RealClearPolitics average of national polls has Obama up by less than 1 percentage point against his rival, Mitt Romney.

1 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 meandering   

蜿蜒的河流，漫步，聊天

参考例句：

• The village seemed deserted except for small boys and a meandering donkey. 整个村子的人都像是逃光了，只留下了几个小男孩和一头正在游游荡荡的小毛驴。 来自教父部分
• We often took a walk along the meandering river after supper. 晚饭后我们常沿着那条弯弯曲曲的小河散步。

3 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

4 wards   

区( ward的名词复数 )； 病房； 受监护的未成年者； 被人照顾或控制的状态

参考例句：

• This hospital has 20 medical [surgical] wards. 这所医院有 20 个内科[外科]病房。
• It was a big constituency divided into three wards. 这是一个大选区，下设三个分区。

5 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。