http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/ab3e7b6bcda47631 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-purcell-principle/ The Purcell Principle - The U.S. Supreme Court’s Dubious Handling of Pre-Midterm Election Disputes Radocha, Kash eng 2026-11-03 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Midterms USA USA election jurisprudence supreme court USA Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 There exists a doctrine in twenty-first-century Supreme Court decision-making called ‘the Purcell principle.’ The term refers to the concept that generally guides federal courts to leave in place the status quo of election processes when election day is near. Purcell’s intention is to prevent confusion among voters, but the principle has become an encompassing excuse for the justices to modify election conduct.