Bost v. Illinois Bd. of Elections · ¶1

Illinois law requires election officials to count mail-in ballots postmarked or certified no later than election day and received within two weeks of election day. Congressman Michael Bost and two other political candidates fled a lawsuit claiming that counting ballots received after election day violates federal law. They principally contended that doing so conficts with 2 U. S. C. § 7 and 3 U. S. C. § 1, which set election day as the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. The district court dismissed the case, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed on the ground that petitioners lacked standing.

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