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In the middle of the twentieth century, the United States Supreme Court became increasingly interested in establishing rules for federal courts to evaluate states’ ballot access rules. The Court has developed a balancing test to determine whether the rules are too onerous or whether the state has adequately justified its interest
In 2020 and 2022, multiple Republican county canvassers refused to perform their ministerial duty to approve election returns, obstructing the official certification of the results. The canvassers latched onto false claims of fraud and other conspiracies advanced by election deniers. They eventually relented, because of court orders and public pressure
