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There is such a thing as too much voting, and it’s going on in my neighborhood

WHEN I MOVED TO LOS ANGELES 11 YEARS AGO, I KNEW I’D have certain responsibilities: hiking, smiling, pretending medical advice doesn’t need to come from a doctor. I did not know, however, that in order to be able to pull the infinite levers in the voting booth, I’d have to build my forearm muscles. This, I believe, is why L.A. created the porn industry.

My mailbox was hard to open the day this year’s California voter’s guide arrived. It

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