Trump Ally Can Challenge Rules For Mail-In Ballots, Supreme Court Rules
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The decision is a boon for President Donald Trump's longtime campaign against mail-in voting.
As a political candidate, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.) — a longtime ally to President Donald Trump who was involved in efforts challenging Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory — has the right to challenge rules governing how Illinois counts votes in its election, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The 7-2 ruling was written by Chief Justice John Roberts. Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson wrote the dissent with Justice Sonia Sotomayor joining her.
“Rules that undermine the integrity of the electoral process also undermine the winner’s political legitimacy. The counting of unlawful votes — or discarding of lawful ones — erodes public confidence in election results and the elected representative. ‘[R]eputational harms’ are classic Article III injuries,” Roberts wrote Wednesday.
As HuffPost reported in October, Bost sued the Illinois State Board of Elections in 2022 claiming that mail-in ballots counted after an election should be considered illegal because they “dilute” the election results, generally speaking.
Bost also argued that if his campaign had to count mail-in ballots after Election Day in Illinois, it would cost him extra money and force him to divert limited campaign resources.
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