Officials must often count up the votes one by one, going through every ballot and recording the vote.

官员们必须经常一个一个地清点选票，检查每一张选票并记录选票。

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Under the alternative vote system, voters would be invited to rank candidates on the ballot in order of preference.

采用选择投票制，选民可在选票上根据喜好程度为候选人排序。

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On the first ballot, no one got two-thirds of the vote. So the voting continued.

在第一轮投票中，没有人能够获得三分之二的票，因此投票在继续。

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On the first ballot, no one got two-thirds of the vote.

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President Abdallahi says he will not take part in that vote and is urging his supporters to boycott the ballot.

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Most electoral observers believe the vote was fair despite irregularities that included security forces at polling stations, some ballot boxes not being properly sealed, and the absence of opposition representatives during some vote counting.

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Basilio said he has an absentee ballot to vote in the presidential election.

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But when all is said and done -- when you pick up that ballot to vote -- you will face the clearest choice of any time in a generation.

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Then you have a secret ballot preference vote.

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