JOHANNESBURG -- South African voters stood in line for hours Wednesday to cast their ballots in the most competitive election since the first postapartheid vote.

约翰内斯堡消息——南非在星期三开始了自种族隔离制度废除后以来，竞争最为激烈的选举。 南非选民排队3小时只为投票。

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NPR's Craig Windham reports at a one polling place in the battleground state of Virginia people are standing in line up to two hours to vote.

据NPR新闻的克雷格·温德姆报道，在战场州弗吉尼亚州的一个投票站，选民们要排队两个小时才能完成投票。

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The people stood dutifully in line waiting to vote.

人们恭敬地排队等候投票。

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Here is House minority leader John Boehner. "I know the president is doing the hard sell on this bill, telling Democrat members that his presidency is on the line, but this vote is not about saving a presidency or saving a politician, this is about doing the right thing for the American people."

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