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FILE - Poll workers sort out early and absentee ballots at the Kenosha Municipal building on Election Day in Kenosha, Wis., on Nov. 3, 2020. Disabled voters who need assistance submitting absentee ballots say communities across Wisconsin are not following federal law in the lead up to the high-stakes state Supreme Court election, incorrectly telling those with disabilities that they can't have another person return their ballot for them. The April 4 election will determine majority control of the state Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

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