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Life on the line: Early voters wait 'as long as it takes'

by Laurie Kellman
| October 16, 2020 4:03 PM

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Americans are accustomed to standing in line. They queue up for airport security, the latest iPhone, COVID tests, concerts or food. But the line of voters building before sunrise outside Mallard Creek High School in a distant suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday was different.

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