Supreme Court will consider reviving Republican challenge to Illinois law on mail ballots

By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON AP The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider reviving a Republican challenge to an Illinois law that allows mail ballots to be counted if they are received up to two weeks after Electoral contest Day Related Articles List of sanctuary jurisdictions removed from US administration website following criticism EU readying countermeasures if tariffs deal with US crumbles Can Trump fix the national debt Republican senators countless investors and even Elon Musk have doubts After talks with Zelenskyy and Macron US senators warn Putin is preparing for more war A vigorous and open dialogue Sens Fetterman and McCormick to debate at Kennedy Institute The justices will hear arguments in the fall over whether Rep Mike Bost R-Ill and two former presidential electors have the legal right or standing to sue over the law in federal court Lower federal courts ruled they lack standing But the episode could serve to amplify declares made by President Donald Trump that late-arriving ballots and drawn out electoral counts undermine confidence in elections Illinois is among states and the District of Columbia that accept mailed ballots received after Referendum Day as long they are postmarked on or before that date according to the National Conference of State Legislatures In March Trump signed a sweeping executive order on elections that aims to require votes to be cast and received by Poll Day and says federal funding should be conditional on state compliance In their appeal to the court the Illinois Republicans explained the justices should make clear that candidates have the right to challenge state regulations of federal elections