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Will previously unregistered voters be the difference in U.S. Senate runoffs? | States of America

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Are the U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia, in which the balance of power in the upper chamber is held, so close that they could be decided by voters who were not registered on Election Day in November, but will be for the runoff? Susan Page talks with Manny Rin of the New Voters Project about their efforts to get new voters on the rolls.

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