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Nearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California's primary despite efforts to count every vote
Nearly 150,000 California voters had their mail-in ballots rejected for the state's June primary, a spike from recent elections even as the state attempts to make voting easier with the goal of boosting participation and counting every ballot.
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What happenedNearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California's primary despite efforts to count every vote.
The headline splitKABC / ABC7 Los Angeles frames it as "Nearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California's primary despite efforts to count eve...". The Columbian (Vancouver WA) frames it as "Nearly 150,000 mail-in ballots rejected in California’s primary".
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Nearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California's primary despite efforts to count every vote
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Nearly 150,000 California voters had their mail-in ballots rejected for the state's June primary, a spike from recent elections even as the state attempts to make voting easier with the goa...
Nearly 150,000 mail-in ballots rejected in California’s primary
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LOS ANGELES — Nearly 150,000 California voters had their mail-in ballots rejected for the state’s June primary, a spike from recent elections even as the state attempts to make voting easie...
