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• President Donald Trump and rival Democrat Joe Biden campaign in battleground states.
• Bipartisan voting rights coalition amasses record 40,000 volunteers to support the vote.
• Philadelphia’s black clergy urge firing of police who shot and killed mentally ill black man.
• Criminal justice reform advocates weigh in on three state ballot measures.
• Supporters of two men in prison demand Alameda County DA reconsider their cases.
• Central Valley house race one of most expensive this election year.
• Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in New Orleans, as near category 3 hurricane.

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