SCOTUS asked to review Illinois counting mail-in ballots after election day

From Washington Examiner:

The group Judicial Watch is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse federal court rulings that upheld Illinois’ law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted for 14 days after Election Day.

Roy Horras, a leader for an Illinois election integrity group, said that in a split decision, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found that U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, had no standing to challenge the provision. But now, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals just ruled in a separate Judicial Watch lawsuit that counting ballots received after Election Day is unlawful.

“The other case, in Mississippi, they had struck down the five-day rule. Somewhere between those two different appellate court jurisdictions, Judicial Watch is pushing it up to the Supreme Court to make a [uniform] judgment,” said Horras.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said Illinois’ 14-day extension of Election Day thwarts federal law, violates the civil rights of voters and invites fraud.

“We have a civil rights lawsuit for Mississippi voters who object to that state counting absentee ballots for up to five days that arrive after an election,” said Fitton. “We also have a lawsuit in Illinois where they count ballots up to 14 days after an election, even without a valid postmark.”

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