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Why are out-of-state billionaires funding a California voter ID measure?

Republican megadonors are boosting California’s voter ID measure in the hopes its success, or failure, can reveal how similar measures can perform in more moderate states.

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¿Por qué multimillonarios de otros estados están financiando una medida de identificación de votantes en California?Los grandes donantes republicanos están impulsando la medida de identificación de votantes de California con la esperanza de que su éxito, o fracaso, pueda revelar cómo pueden funcionar medidas similares en estados más moderados.

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