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Millions of Democratic votes were lost in the primaries. Is this the fix? | Mohit Nair and Colin Cole

Americans who vote early may ‘waste’ their vote on candidates who drop out of the race. There’s an easy way to remedy that

Across the country, millions of voters turned in early ballots for the US presidential primary elections, often voting for candidates no longer in the race on election day.

In Colorado and Texas, early voters for candidates other than Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders might have made a statement, but they didn’t have the chance to influence the primary election. Some of the estimated 20% of Californians who voted early asked for a do-over. In Minnesota, 40,000 people had reportedly cast their ballots a week before Super Tuesday – and days before Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar dropped out.

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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com


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