nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/ab3e7b6bcda47631 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 261103s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/ab3e7b6bcda47631 doi eng 342 23 Radocha, Kash Author aut The Purcell Principle - The U.S. Supreme Court’s Dubious Handling of Pre-Midterm Election Disputes Radocha, Kash Verfassungsblog 2026-11-03 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Midterms USA USA election jurisprudence supreme court (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd USA Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-purcell-principle/ raw object