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Trump’s mail voting appeal tests Supreme Court’s anti-chaos election rule

Trump’s mail voting appeal tests Supreme Court’s anti-chaos election rule
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s emergency appeal aimed at limiting the use of mail ballots is poised to test a controversial, 20-year-old Supreme Court principle that was intended to avoid chaos before elections. The “Purcell principle,” rooted in a 2006 Supreme Court decisio...

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