今天是投票日。
这次长时间的大选闹剧，到最后最关键的时刻，突然感觉跟我们留学生没什么关系了。毕竟我们大多数人还是没有投票权的。这感觉挺微妙。。。
麻州的选票长像如图，好
长
长
长
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一张。
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今天麻州的人民除了投票谁当总统和副总统外，还要选比如:
Representative in Congress,
Councillor,
Senator in General Court,
Preventative in General Court,
Sheriff,
但这五个选项在麻州选票只有一个民主党候选人，问了等于白问。
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接下来还能做主的，是另外四个公投议案，都是 Yes or No。
懒得看的可以直接跳过，
去投个票
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Question 1: Expanding slot machine gaming
问题1: 是否发放第二个老虎机赌场牌照
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Yes on 1 would allow the state gaming commission to license one more slot machine gaming establishment.
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选择Yes，同意州博彩委给一个博弈机构颁发新的商业老虎机赌场许可证。
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No vote would keep the same number of slot machine gaming facilities as we have now, with no changes.
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选择No，不改变现有老虎机赌场数量。
Question 2: Charter school expansion
问题2: 是否增加更多特许学校
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Yes on 2 would allow for 12 new charter schools each year or allow current charter schools to expand their enrollment, effective January 1, 2017. That would be as long as the enrollment didn’t exceed more than 1 percent of traditional public school enrollment.
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选择Yes，将允许每年批准12所新的特许学校或扩大现有特许学校招生，但特许学校扩招学生不得超过全州公立学校招生的百分之一。
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No on 2 would keep the cap on charter schools at what it is now.
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选择No，不会改变现行关于特许学校的法律。
Question 3: Farm animal conditions
问题3: 关于圈养动物的条件
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Yes on 3 would make it illegal for farms to confine pigs, calves and hens so that they can’t turn around, extend their limbs or lie down in their pen.
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选择Yes，禁止任何不能让猪、牛和鸡完全躺、站、伸展四肢或自由扭转的圈养。
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No vote would keep the laws the way they are now.
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选择No，不会改变现行喂养动物的法律。
Question 4: Recreational marijuana use and taxation
问题4: 大麻是否合法化并收大麻税
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Yes vote would allow people 21-years-old or older to possess, use and purchase marijuana for recreational use. It would also allow the state of Massachusetts to tax and regulate the sale of recreational marijuana.
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选择Yes，允许人21岁以上的成年人拥有、使用和转让大麻和含有大麻的产品，。
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No vote would prohibit the sale, use and taxation of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts.
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选择No，继续禁止销售、使用大麻，当然就不能征税啦。
虽然起不到决定性的作用，但是大家还是可以过一把投票的瘾啰！
