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      19 hours ago

      There’s 50 states, and they don’t all do it the same way. Each state has 2 senators, 1-52 representatives, etc. Then there’s national elections where a small pool of candidates is voted on by the entire country, but which names appear on which ballots and how depends on the county you’re voting in.

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          2 hours ago

          No, you were just very confused and it’s a lot of assumptions to rethink.

          Each county runs their own elections. It’s not obfuscated, it’s federated.