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Texas begins early voting in a key Senate contest
· New York time
Early voting is underway in Texas, where a tight U.S. Senate race will help determine the balance of power in Washington. NPR's report places the state's ballots within the broader contest for control of the chamber. The immediate development is participation before Election Day, not a result or a forecast of the winner. A competitive Senate race gives those individual votes national consequences without making any particular outcome certain. Campaigns spend months describing an election as historic, then the voter still has to complete an ordinary practical task. Democracy insists on this final administrative step. No amount of national significance has yet persuaded the ballot to fill itself out, which is probably one of its better security features.
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