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It is, or it certainly should be, practicable to establish by law, before the election to which it may first apply, a permanent mode of adjudicating disputed points in the return of Presidential votes.
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Blaine advocates for the establishment of a legal framework to adjudicate disputes over presidential election results before elections occur.
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