A: The presidential election is set for tomorrow. Are you going to vote?
B: Sure! There are 19.54 million eligible voters this time, including 1.03 million first-time voters. I’m 20 years old so I can finally vote.
A: In addition to voting for the president, you can vote for a legislator and a party.
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B: For a party?
A: Yeah, the political party votes will decide the seats of each party’s legislators-at-large.
A: 明天就要總統大選了，你會去投票嗎？
B: 會啊，這次的合格選民約有1954萬人，首投族約有103萬人，我20歲了終於能投票啦！
A: 除了投票選總統以外，你還可以投立委及政黨票。
B: 政黨票？
A: 選民的政黨票將決定各黨的「不分區立委」席次。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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