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Why the GOP is challenging overseas and military voting

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Republicans in battleground states of Pennsylvania , North Carolina and Michigan have filed lawsuits challenging the validity of ballots cast abroad.

The challenges revolve around a federal law allowing military members and citizens living abroad to cast absentee ballots in federal elections.

Nearly 3 million Americans live overseas and are eligible to vote absentee, according to the Federal Voting Assistance Program .

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formal

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English

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58

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short-lived

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