社评1107 今天是选举日

今天是选举日

总计有十八万五千位大休斯敦地区之选民，在上週五前参加了市长市议员及县郡公投之投票。今天星期二是正式之投票日， 所有候选人皆卯足全力做最后之冲刺。

共有十七位候选人参选，如果今晚投票结束没有人超过百分之五十， 复选将於十二月九日举行， 届时就会选出下任市长。

德州参议员惠特迈及国会议员希拉积逊李目前似乎是领先两位候选人，她们可能要在十二月九日才能决胜负。

据有关数字显示 ，休斯敦目前每天大约有四百位新的市民迁入， 由于经济发展迅速， 许多加州及东岸居民纷纷来到德州， 整个社区充满了活力。

我们要在此特别呼吁华亚裔选民之投票意识， 仍然要继续加强， 遗憾的是， 这次投票率仍然非常底， 这对我们参政是一大障碍 。

 Today Is Election Day

A total of 185,000 voters participated in early voting last Friday. They voted for Houston's Mayor, city council members and for a county referendum. All of the candidates tried their best to be a winner. 

In the mayoral race there are 17 candidates. If none of them do not  exceed 50% of the vote, a runoff date will be held on December 9th and the voters will decide who will be the next mayor of Houston.

Currently, Senator Whitmire and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee are the frontrunners.

According to the latest survey, about 400 new residents move to Houston every day. Due to economic reasons, residents from California and the east coast continue to come to Texas. 

In the meantime, we would like to appeal here to all Asian residents that we still need go to vote. This time the turnout is still very low which is a major obstacle for our political participation.