Bost v. Illinois Bd. of Elections · ¶35

Like the farmers in Monsanto, Congressman Bost alleges that he will “reasonably incur costs to mitigate or avoid” the “ `substantial risk' ” of harm caused by the challenged statute. Clapper, 568 U. S., at 414, n. 5. He claims that Illinois's ballot-receipt deadline will increase the number of late-arriving ballots, which often “have discrepancies (e. g., insufficient information, missing signatures, dates, or postmarks) that need to be resolved.” App. to Pet. for Cert. 66a. Invalid ballots, he says, will put his election at risk and damage his reputation. To avoid these reasonably probable harms, his campaign “has spent, and will spend, money, time, and resources to monitor and respond as needed to ballots received by state election officials after the national Election Day.” Id., at 65a. If poll watchers are not present to monitor ballot counting, county officials could “accep[t]…

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