Veronica Terriquez

UC Santa Cruz

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Associate professor of sociology at UC Santa Cruz.

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Across the country, early voting for Tuesday's midterm election has been happening in record numbers, but here in California, the numbers aren’t that impressive.

Will California voters show up?

Across the country, early voting for Tuesday's midterm election has been happening in record numbers, but here in California, the numbers aren’t that impressive.

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