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Proposition 32 was declared defeated after falling just short, with 49.2% voting “yes.”

The phenomenon occurs in districts where in-person voting on election day is skewed toward Republicans, while mail ballots counted later trend toward Democrats.

“The best protection is the democratic process and voting. At this point, changes are coming. However, the chaos of the change does not need to be permanent,” Hoover said.

But that didn’t prevent a majority from voting to return Trump to the White House a couple of weeks ago.

A number of measures and restrictions have been suggested, including Derbyshire Dales District Council voting to increase council tax for people with second homes - but not holiday cottages.