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In two political battlegrounds, thousands of mail-in ballots are on the verge of being rejected

  • Written by Michael Herron, William Clinton Story Remsen '43 Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
imageBoxes of illegal and legal vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department ahead of Florida's Aug. 18 primary election.AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

Tens of millions of Americans have already cast their ballots for the 2020 election by mail, building on a historic shift in voting methods that started with primary elections held during...

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