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SACRAMENTO — Polling places throughout California open today for a special election that could help Democrats’ efforts to quell President Trump’s agenda but, if trends hold, most of the votes may have already been cast.

Since 2020, more than eight in 10 Californians during statewide general or special elections have voted by mailing their ballot, depositing it into an official drop box or returning it to a local voting center, according to a new analysis by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies. Back in 2008, nearly six in 10 voters in California went to the polls and used a voting machine on Election Day.

Political analysts expect that significant shift toward early vo

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