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'Not Plan A': Charities are stepping up to pay for elections

by Associated Press
| September 16, 2020 12:03 AM

DENVER (AP) — As Congress balks, well-funded nonprofits are donating hundreds of millions of dollars to help state and local officials run elections during the pandemic — a sudden infusion of private cash in what was once considered a core government function.

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