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Ted Cruz: “The laws in Mississippi say that absentee ballots have to be…”

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That's right. This is another case that is Watson versus rnc. And Watson versus RNC deals with the laws in Mississippi concerning governing absentee ballots. So The laws in Mississippi say that absentee ballots have to be postmarked by election day and they can be received up to five days after election day. And in this case, the RNC filed a lawsuit challenging that and saying that under the terms of federal election law, election day is understood to be the actual day of the election. (39:31–39:42)

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