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The U.S. Senate race in deep-red South Carolina is so unusual this year that Democrats actually think they have a shot.

A federal law banned noncitizen voting in 1996. A Biden judge just called it unconstitutional

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The judge who made the call says the Constitution leaves voter qualifications to the states, not Congress — a distinction that could reshape dozens of pending cases.

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