Supreme Court to hear arguments about reviving lawsuit challenging mail-in ballots [View all]
Source: ABC News
October 8, 2025, 5:04 AM
Following an unprecedented surge in election-related litigation, the Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider reviving a lawsuit challenging an Illinois law that allows officials to count mail-in ballots received within two weeks of election day.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the broader question of who has the right to file a federal lawsuit challenging election law, the outcome of which could not only revive the mail-in ballot case but also open the door to a wave of new legal challenges to election laws.
Republican Rep. Michael Bost and two presidential electors filed a lawsuit in 2022 to challenge the Illinois law, arguing that counting mail-in ballots beyond Election Day constitutes an illegal extension of voting beyond the timeframe set in federal law.
Two lower courts threw out the lawsuit after concluding that the congressman lacked standing -- or the legal right to bring a lawsuit -- because the plaintiffs could not prove the policy harmed them. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case in June, adding to one of the high court's most consequential terms in recent history.
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