30 years ago, an historic event took place in South Africa, the country's first democratic elections.

30 年前，南非发生了一件具有历史意义的事件，该国首次举行了民主选举。

Democratic elections are also taking place in what's known as the world's largest democracy.

这个号称世界上最大的民主国家也正在举行民主选举。

But many of these voters have become disenchanted with South Africa 20 years after that first democratic election.

但在第一次民主选举 20 年后，这些选民中的许多人对南非不再抱有幻想。

They're talking about voting in an election and use a lot of vocabulary we might use to describe democratic elections.

他们谈论的是选举投票，并使用了很多我们可能用来描述民主选举的词汇。

But for some, it has also provided a device to manipulate a democratic election or perform surveillance for profit or political purposes.

但对于一些人来说，它也提供了一种手段来操纵民主选举或出于营利或政治目的进行监视。

The Organization of American States, which includes every government in the western hemisphere, says that unless Venezuela holds democratic elections, it could be suspended from the group.

包括西半球每个政府在内的美洲国家组织表示，除非委内瑞拉举行民主选举， 否则它可能会被暂停加入该组织。

" The armed forces from this moment are mobilized throughout the national territory to ensure the safety of citizens, the tranquility of the country, and the free and democratic elections of August 20, as planned."

“为确保国民的安全、国家的安宁和原定于8月20日举行的自由民主选举，从此时开始全国动员武装力量。”

This includes the Carter Center's Candidate Principles for Trusted Elections Initiative, a bipartisan effort to encourage candidates, political parties and voters to uphold five core doctrines of democratic elections: Integrity, Non-violence, Security, Oversight and the Peaceful Transfer of Power.

这包括卡特中心的 “可信选举倡议的候选人原则”，这是一项两党合作的倡议，鼓励候选人、政党和选民秉承民主选举的五个核心原则：诚信、非暴力、安全、监督和和平移交权力。