US EditionSupreme Court to Consider Reviving GOP Challenge to Illinois Mail Ballot Deadline
- On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to review a Republican lawsuit challenging an Illinois law that permits counting mail-in ballots submitted within 14 days following Election Day.
- The challenge comes after lower federal courts determined that Rep. Mike Bost and two former presidential electors do not have the legal standing to bring a lawsuit concerning the Illinois law in a federal court.
- Illinois belongs to a group of 18 states plus the District of Columbia that allow mailed ballots to be counted if they are postmarked by Election Day, even if received afterward, whereas Trump’s executive order from March stipulates that all votes must be both cast and received by Election Day.
- Illinois Republicans urged the court to affirm candidates' ability to contest state election rules, highlighting the opportunity to resolve issues surrounding the counting of ballots after Election Day.
- The Supreme Court will hear arguments in its fall term, and the case could influence broader efforts to restrict late-arriving ballot counting and amplify claims of undermined election confidence.
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Supreme Court To Take On Illinois Late Ballot Case With Far-Reaching Election Integrity Implications
By Catrina Barker via The Daily Signal | June 02, 2025 In a move that could have major implications for election procedures across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case brought by Judicial Watch challenging whether federal courts have jurisdiction to hear disputes over ballots received after Election Day. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., and two electors sued over ballots counted after Election Day. Illinois allows for mail-in …
Judicial Watch on U.S. Supreme Court accepting Bost’s mail-in ballot appeal: 'ballots coming in after Election Day violate the Election Day statutes'
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging Illinois’ law that allows election officials to continue counting mail-in ballots up to two weeks after Election Day. The appeal, filed by U.S. Rep. Michael Bost (R-Ill.) and two Republican presidential electors, questions whether the extended vote count deadline violates federal law that mandates a single national Election Day, and whether federal courts have jurisdiction to hear such chal…
U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of Illinois mail-in voting
By Ben SzalinskiCapitol News Illinoisbszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal on a lawsuit led by Illinois Republican U.S. representative Mike Bost challenging Illinois’ mail-in voting law. Bost and a pair of Illinois primary delegates for president Donald Trump sued the Illinois State Board of Elections in 2022, arguing that the...
Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » US Supreme Court will decide standing in Bost vote by mail lawsuitCapitolFax.com
* CBS News… The Supreme Court said Monday that it will consider whether to revive a Republican congressman’s challenge to an Illinois law that allows mail-in ballots to be received and counted up to 14 days after Election Day. The dispute involving GOP Rep. Michael Bost will be heard by the Supreme Court in its next term, [...]
Supreme Court to hear challenge to IL mail-in votes law – Legal Newsline
The lawsuit took aim at a law enacted by Illinois' Democratic legislative supermajority in Springfield and Gov. JB Pritzker in 2020. That law had used the Covid pandemic to justify rewriting the state's election laws to greatly expand mail-in voting in Illinois. Illinois Democrats have noted in court filings that striking down the law would make it more difficult for Democrats to win elections, as Democrats disproportionately vote by mail, compa…
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