Supreme Court Upholds Candidate Standing in Ballot Counting Case
From Daily Signal:
Judicial Watch represented the plaintiffs in the case.
“This is the most important Supreme Court election law ruling in a generation,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a public statement.
“Too many courts have denied candidates the standing to challenge unlawful election rules such as the outrageous ballots that arrive after Election Day. American citizens concerned about election integrity should celebrate this Supreme Court victory.”
To make his case, Bost argued that federal law established Election Day, but Illinois allows votes to come in two weeks longer than federal law allows. This would make such ballots effectively unlawful, he argued, allowing the possibility of unlawful ballots costing him the election or reducing his margin for victory.
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