Supreme Court Sides With Conservative Congressman in Illinois Election Rules Challenge

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a conservative congressman who had sued over rules in Illinois that allow mail-in ballots to be counted up to 14 days after an election.

The question in the case was not the rule itself but whether a political candidate has the right to challenge the rules governing the vote count in the candidate’s election.

A majority of the court found that the answer was yes.

The justices have said they will hear a more significant case evaluating the legality of late-arriving mail-in ballots later this year. That case will test rules in Mississippi that allow the counting of ballots received after Election Day.



https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/politics/supreme-court-illinois-mail-ballot-rules.html