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Drive-Through Voting Debuts in SoCal

OC voters vote fast-food style

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 21, 2008 8:34 AM CDT

(AP) – You couldn't get a Big Mac at this drive-through, reports the AP—just democracy. Voters didn't need to leave their cars yesterday to either register or cast ballots at an electronic drive-through station. The one-day-only offer came on the last day of voter registration for... Read full story »

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