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FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2016 file photo, a cyclist rides past a sign directing voters to a primary election voting station early, in Phoenix. Early voting kicks off next week in North Carolina, the first in a two-month run of voting through key swing states where non-whites and young adults could give one of the presidential campaigns a decisive advantage before Election Day. (AP Photo/Matt York, File) (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

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People wait to vote in the presidential primary election outside a polling site in Glendale, Arizona on March 22, 2016, after 70 percent of polling locations were cut (Reuters/Nancy Wiechec)

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