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APNewsBreak: Wis., Minn. chase double-voting cases

Prosecutors in Minnesota and Wisconsin are investigating dozens of cases in which voters may have illegally cast ballots in both states in the 2008 presidential election. The number in question is a tiny fraction of the 5.9 million ballots cast in the two states, which both have same-day voter registration. But it represents the first look at a practice that some activists feared was widespread, particularly among thousands of college students who live in one state and go to school in the other.