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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of COUNTIES VOL.58,NO.14 SEPTEMBER 21,2026
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in election administration in has less than three weeks in
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managing over 100,000 polling onciliation framework before '_
places staffed by over 770,000 the midterms, meaning they
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election cycle.This November, Any provisions in the rec-
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