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By CHARLES E. BEGGS
Associated Press writer

SALEM  Well over 1 million Oregonians had returned their mail ballots by Friday  more than one-half the state's registered voters  in a pace that is outstripping that of the presidential race four years ago.
The secretary of state's office reported that counties had received almost 1.1 million ballots through Thursday, from 51 percent of registered voters.

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