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Election Day marked by bomb threats in NJ, Trump warnings for Calif.

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Bomb threats to New Jersey polling stations, a voter roll mishap in Pennsylvania potentially affecting thousands of voters and warnings by President Donald Trump against California’s mail balloting system marked the final day of voting in an off-year election with several nationally prominent races.

Voting otherwise appeared to go smoothly Tuesday across the U.S. as voters cast ballots in the first significant election since Trump won the White House for a second time.


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