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Hundreds of late Merced County ballots were rejected in 2025, data analysis finds
Officials say the high number of ballot rejections may be the result of a new rule from the United States Postal Service. As a result, the registrar is informing voters to get their mail-in ballot to the post office at least a week before the June 2 primary election.
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Assurances that a “highly efficient hybrid cooling system” will keep a proposed AI data center from sucking up all the water in the already overdrafted Indian Wells Valley fell flat with residents who’ve bombarded the state with negative comments on the proposal.
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