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Long lines as expanded early voting opens in Louisiana

by Kevin McGILL & Rebecca Santana
| October 16, 2020 11:30 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands took advantage of an expanded early voting period that opened Friday in Louisiana ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election — forming lines so long that some in New Orleans abandoned polling places closer to home to vote at a basketball arena downtown.

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