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Scammers Seize on U.S. Election, But It's Not Votes They Want - Voice and Viewpoint

DAVID KLEPPER | Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The email from a political action committee seemed harmless: if you support Joe Biden, it urged, click here to make sure you're registered to vote. But Harvard University graduate student Maya James did not click. Instead, she Googled the name of the soliciting PAC. It didn't […]

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