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  "createdAt": "2026-05-14T06:54:28.785Z",
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      "description": "Newsom opposed ranked-choice voting when he was a San Francisco supervisor, and is no more a fan of it now that he’s governor. He just vetoed a bill that would have allowed more cities, counties...",
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      "title": "Gavin Newsom vetoes bill to allow ranked-choice voting throughout California",
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  "text": "No, we were going to have Ranked-Choice Voting but Newsom vetoed it.\n\nInstead we have a weird system where we have a primary where anyone can vote for any candidate. The top 2 advance to the general as a runoff.\nThis can create situations with 2 Democrats, OR 2 Republicans if the Dems split the vote"
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