美国邮政署（USPS）正通过延长营业时间、增加人手和设立专门选票窗口等措施，力求按时投递数百万份中期选举邮寄选票，尽管面临外界压力和公众担忧。
The USPS is using longer hours, extra staff and special ballot lines to deliver millions of midterm mail-in ballots on time, despite pressure and public concern.
该机构已处理数千万份选票和42亿件政治邮件，同时还要应对各州不同的选票投递截止日期和规定。
The agency has processed tens of millions of ballots and 4.2 billion political mail pieces, while facing different state deadlines and rules for ballot delivery.
官员表示，美国邮政署正以非党派方式行事，并通过特别清理行动、增加投递班次以及选举邮件网站（electionmail.org）来维护选民信任，帮助选票送达选举办公室。
Officials say USPS is acting in a non-partisan way and using special sweeps, extra trips and electionmail.org to protect voter trust and help ballots reach election offices.
AI生成 科罗拉多州戈尔登讯——从延长营业时间、增加人手到在网点设立专门窗口，美国邮政署（USPS）正采取一系列特别行动，确保中期选举的邮寄选票能在11月3日前被计数。
AI generated GOLDEN, Colorado – From longer hours and extra staffing to special lines in its branches, the US Postal Service (USPS) is taking an array of special actions to make sure mail-in ballots for the midterm elections are counted on Nov 3.
今年比以往任何时候都更甚，美国邮政署面临着按时投递的巨大压力。
This year more than ever, the pressure is on the US Postal Service to deliver.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普曾下令该机构制定规则，规定如果各州不同意移交合格选民名单，邮政署可拒绝投递选票；部分选民也对邮寄投票表示担忧。最高法院于9月阻止了特朗普和美国邮政署执行这些规则。
US President Donald Trump ordered the agency to write rules that would bar it from delivering ballots if the states did not agree to turn over lists of eligible voters and some voters have expressed concern about voting by mail. The Supreme Court blocked Trump and the USPS from enforcing those rules in September.
特朗普的共和党同僚正在中期选举中陷入激烈角逐，力争保持对国会的控制权。
Trump’s fellow Republicans are locked in a tight battle to retain control of Congress in the midterms.
根据多项民调，民主党选民不成比例地更多使用邮寄选票，因此限制邮寄选票将有利于共和党。
Restricting mail-in ballots would stand to benefit Republicans given that Democratic voters disproportionately use mail-in ballots, according to various surveys.
在过去两个月里，美国邮政署投递了数千万份选票，以及创纪录的42亿件政治营销邮件——即敦促选民支持或反对某位候选人或某项投票决议的传单——比2024年选举周期增加了3亿多件。
In the last two months, the USPS has delivered tens of millions of ballots and a record 4.2 billion pieces of political marketing mail – the flyers that prod voters to support or oppose a candidate or ballot resolution – up more than 300 million pieces over the 2024 election cycle.
数千名美国邮政署员工正在11月3日大选前处理最后批选票。部分网点可能会延长营业时间处理选票，并在零售柜台设立“仅限选票盖戳”专用窗口，或提供汽车通道选票邮寄服务。
Thousands of USPS workers are handling the final ballots before the election on Nov 3. Some branches may extend hours to handle ballots and establish a “Ballot Postmark Only” line at retail counters or a drive-through Ballot Mail option.
美国邮政署（USPS）作为一个独立的行政部门机构，也在对选票进行加急处理、额外投递和特别收取。
The USPS, an independent executive branch agency, is also conducting expedited handling, extra deliveries and special pickups of ballots.
在最后几天里，每天都会对所有邮政设施进行一次甚至多次清扫，以搜寻任何需要投递的剩余选票。
There are daily and sometimes multiple sweeps of all postal facilities in the final days to search for any remaining ballots that need to be delivered.
11月1日，美国邮政署增派人手收集、加盖邮戳并处理邮件，以加快选票投递。
On Nov 1, the USPS brought on extra staff to collect, postmark and process mail to expedite ballot deliveries.
美国邮政署理事会主席安伯·麦克雷诺兹表示，邮寄投票似乎比以往的中期选举略高，部分原因是一些州更早发出了选票。
Amber McReynolds, chair of the US Postal Service Board of Governors, said voting by mail seemed to be a little higher than prior midterm elections in part because ballots went out earlier in some states.
美国邮政署自内战时期起，在亚伯拉罕·林肯总统的指示下就开始投递选票。
The USPS has been delivering ballots since the Civil War at the direction of President Abraham Lincoln.
麦克雷诺兹说：“我们以跨党派、非党派、非政治化的方式做到了这一点。我们将继续以这种方式运作。”她表示，员工们正在“投递民主”。
“We’ve done it in a cross-partisan, non-partisan, apolitical way. We’ll continue to operate that way,” McReynolds said, saying workers are “delivering democracy”.
2024年，美国邮政署在总统大选中向选民投递并收回了9920万张选票。
In 2024, the USPS delivered 99.2 million ballots to and from voters in the presidential election.
在2024年11月的总统大选中，约30%的选票是通过邮寄方式投出的，低于2020年的46%。
About 30% of votes were cast by mail in the November 2024 presidential election, down from 46% in 2020.
在科罗拉多州戈尔登的一天 在戈尔登，代理邮局局长约翰·道格拉斯一直在凌晨4点就到岗工作，远早于正常时间，以确保选票得到投递。
One day in Golden In Golden, Colorado, acting postmaster John Douglas has been getting to work at 4am, far earlier than normal, to make sure ballots are getting delivered.
道格拉斯说：“我们想把所有东西都送回家。我们想把所有东西都准确无误地投递到选民手中。”他指出，在最后几天里，投递员会检查每一个信箱和每一户人家——即使那天没有邮件需要投递。
“We want to get everything home. We want to get everything delivered into the right hands,” said Douglas, who notes in the final days carriers check every box and every house – even if there is no mail to be delivered that day.
大约20英里外，占地100万平方英尺的丹佛处理和分发中心正在处理数千万件政治和选举邮件。仅上周的一天，它就处理了350万件政治营销邮件。
About 20 miles away, the one-million square foot Denver Processing and Distribution Center is handling tens of millions of pieces of political and election mail. One a single day last week, it processed 3.5 million pieces of political marketing mail.
在选举日，工作人员将额外往返邮政设施以取回最后的选票，或者美国邮政署可能会直接开车去取回选票。
On Election Day, workers will make extra trips to postal facilities to get those last ballots or the USPS may drive directly to get ballots in hand.
一些州允许选票只要在11月3日前盖上邮戳即可，但其他州如科罗拉多州则要求选票必须在周二下午7点（山区时间）前交到选举官员手中——军人或海外选票除外。
Some states allow ballots as long as they are postmarked by Nov 3, but others like Colorado must have them in the possession of an election official by 7pm MT Tuesday – except for military or overseas ballots.
美国邮政局面临着各州规则、选票设计、投递截止日期及其他州特定要求的纷繁复杂局面。它还推出了一个专门门户网站——electionmail.org——以便地方官员能实时获得与邮寄选票相关问题的帮助。美国邮政局表示，绝不认为公众对邮寄投票的信任理所当然。“我们非常重视赢得的他们的信任，”麦克雷诺兹说。
The USPS faces a blizzard of varying state rules, ballot designs, delivery deadlines and other state-specific requirements. It also launched a special portal – electionmail.org – so local officials can get real-time help with mail-related ballot issues. The USPS said it does not take for granted public confidence in voting by mail. “We take the trust we’ve earned with them very seriously,” McReynolds said.