Ashley Wilkes was elected as the captain, because he was the best rider in the county and because his cool head was counted on to keep some semblance of order.

艾希礼·威尔克斯被选做队长了，因为是他是县里最出色的骑手，而且头脑冷静，能维持某种表面的秩序。

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Ashley Wilkes was elected captain, because he was the best rider in the County and because his cool head was counted on to keep some semblance of order.

结果艾希礼·威尔克斯被选做队长了，因为是他是县里最出色的骑手，而且头脑冷静，大伙相信他还能维持某种表面的秩序。

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Nearly 70% of the votes counted so far went against the proposal to introduce an alternative vote system, which allowed people to choose candidates in order of preference.

到目前为止已经经过点算的接近70%的投票者反对引进选择性投票系统。该系统允许人们根据自己的喜好顺序选择候选人。

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Then there were another 600, 000 votes that just weren't able to be counted during the preliminary count because they came from very rural polling booths that were very far away from the central district offices where they had to be physically brought to in order to be counted.

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