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GOP voting rule sending ballots to the trash after backers insisted it wouldn't: report

Thousands of North Carolina mail ballots are on track to be rejected over technical errors after a federal judge upheld strict new Republican-backed rules, according to data shared with Democracy Docket. Common Cause North Carolina and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice compiled figures from 27 of the state’s 100 counties. They show a rejection…

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