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From 18th-century false ballots to the second JFK and double Dan Sullivans, a brief history of spoiler candidates and the unsuccessful legal challenges to them

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The spoiler candidate is one of the oldest tricks in the American campaign toolbox, and the law has rarely touched it.

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