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How DC’s Primary Fiasco Encapsulated The Worst Fears For November

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 02: People wait in line to vote in the primary election at Columbia Heights Community Center on Tuesday June 02, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

June 23, 2020 5:30 p.m.

It’s been three weeks since the primary election debacle in D.C. that featured long lines, missing ballots and mass confusion, and we’re getting a clearer picture of what went wrong.

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