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Turnout causes slow voting in Chesapeake, VA

 
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Some 50 percent of the registered voters in Chesapeake, Virginia showed up to the polls early to vote Tuesday morning causing long wait times, according to a spokesman at the Virginia Board of Elections. Officials do not believe there were technical problems causing the lines, however some voting locations in the area were [...] (link)

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