It now requires specialelections to fill empty Senate seats within 145-160 days of a vacancy.
所以现在需要在145 - 160天内组织一次特殊选举决定谁来接替空出的参议院席位。
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Turnout is always very low in specialelections, so it will be difficult for either party to use the outcome as a barometer of the public mood.
在这种缺补选举中的参选率一向很少，因此任何一党用此次结果作为民意检测都是有难度的。
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One of the special requirements for voting machines is that you really want them to be running exactly the same software that has been certified for use in elections.