IT IS one of America's greatest laws, and one of the least understood. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 forced Southern states to let black Americans vote.

它是美国最伟大的法律之一，也是人们知之甚少的的法律之一——1965年通过的选举权法——强制美国南方诸州允许黑人进行投票。

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These voters can easily cast the wrong vote or be discouraged from voting altogether because of fear of technology.

这些选民很容易投错票，或者因为对技术的恐惧而不愿投票。

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And, of course, we all gotinto the habit of voting daily, since each registered user can vote forup to ten projects per day.

当然，我们都习惯了每天的投票，因为每个注册用户每天能够投票支持多达10个项目。

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Most anti-slavery men did not vote, because their names had been kept off the voting lists by pro-slavery officials.

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And so you see married voters voting - splitting their vote, married men voting more Republican, unmarried voters, both men and women, voting overwhelmingly Democratic.

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Since 1913 more than 180 senators have been appointed by governors, according to Fair Vote, a voting-rights advocacy group.

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Following glitches with hi-tech voting and counting systems, the vote-tallying process was started again from scratch, and by hand, on Wednesday.

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