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The effort had to overcome heightened skepticism in some communities. Many Black voters preferred to exercise their franchise in person or didn't trust the mail. National civil rights groups worked with local organizations to get the word out that this was the best way to ensure one's vote was counted. In Philadelphia, for example, advocates distributed "voting safety kits" containing masks, hand sanitizer and informational brochures. "We had to get the message out that this is safe, reliable, and you can trust it," says Hannah Fried of All Voting Is Local.
这一努力必须克服一些社区日益加深的怀疑
At the same time, Democratic lawyers battled a historic tide of pre-election litigation. The pandemic intensified the parties' usual tangling in the courts. But the lawyers noticed something else as well. "The litigation brought by the Trump campaign, of a piece with the broader campaign to sow doubt about mail voting, was making novel claims and using theories no court has ever accepted," says Wendy Weiser, a voting-rights expert at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU. "They read more like lawsuits designed to send a message rather than achieve a legal outcome."
与此同时,民主党的律师们在选举前进行了一场历史性的诉讼
In the end, nearly half the electorate cast ballots by mail in 2020, practically a revolution in how people vote. About a quarter voted early in person. Only a quarter of voters cast their ballots the traditional way: in person on Election Day.
最终,在2020年,将近一半的选民通过邮件投票,这实际上是一场人们投票方式的革命
Bad actors spreading false information is nothing new. For decades, campaigns have grappled with everything from anonymous calls claiming the election has been rescheduled to fliers spreading nasty smears about candidates' families. But Trump's lies and conspiracy theories, the viral force of social media and the involvement of foreign meddlers made disinformation a broader, deeper threat to the 2020 vote.
坏人传播虚假信息并不是什么新鲜事
Laura Quinn, a veteran progressive operative who co-founded Catalist, began studying this problem a few years ago. She piloted a nameless, secret project, which she has never before publicly discussed, that tracked disinformation online and tried to figure out how to combat it. One component was tracking dangerous lies that might otherwise spread unnoticed. Researchers then provided information to campaigners or the media to track down the sources and expose them.
劳拉·奎因(Laura Quinn)是一位经验丰富的进步派特工,也是Catalist的联合创始人,她在几年前开始研究这个问题
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重点讲解
1.franchise 公民权
Administration rights, originated from franchise, have the ultimate goal to ensure franchise.
行政权源于公民权,保障公民权是行政权设置的终极目的
2.cast ballots 投票
Fewer than half the European electorate is expected to cast ballots.
预计不足一半的欧洲选民将参加投票
3.grapple with 努力克服
The new government has yet to grapple with the problem of air pollution.
新政府还需尽力解决空气污染问题
4.track down 追踪查寻
The human body's immune system can quickly track down and kill cells that don't belong.
人体免疫系统可以迅速捕获并杀死不应存在的细胞