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Not everyone who is registered to vote actually votes (as in they do not mail in their ballot nor do they go in to physically vote). Which is I think the more likely case here.


That 87% figure refers to the number of ballots that have been counted. What you're thinking of is the turnout (usually measured by % of VEP).

California, for example, has about 7 million ballots that haven't been processed




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