{"id":104397,"date":"2016-11-01T13:22:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T17:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=104397"},"modified":"2016-11-01T13:55:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T17:55:47","slug":"early-voters-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/early-voters-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Voters\u2019 Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_102342\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/218.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102342\" class=\"wp-image-102342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/218.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"911\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-102342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Get your election-free content here.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More than twenty-two million people have already voted. 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