Supreme Court to Hear Judicial Watch Election Law Challenge

Judicial Watch Election Lawsuit

• 🏛️ Judicial Watch is taking an election integrity case to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• ⚖️ The case challenges an Illinois law that extends Election Day by 14 days, allowing for the receipt and counting of mail-in ballots after the federal election day.

Standing and Federal Law

• 🧑‍⚖️ Lower courts had previously denied Congressman Mike Bost and two presidential electors standing to challenge Illinois's practice.
• 📜 Judicial Watch argues that Illinois's extension of election day thwarts federal law, which establishes a single national election day.

Election Integrity Concerns

• 🗳️ The organization contends that the Illinois law violates the civil rights of voters and invites fraud.
• 📈 This follows a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that agreed with Judicial Watch that it was unlawful for Mississippi to count ballots arriving after Election Day.