Supreme Court Seems Receptive to Challenge to Post-Election Ballot Counting

A federal appeals court previously affirmed a ruling that a GOP lawmaker’s status as a candidate did not entitle him to challenge an Illinois election law.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 6, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Supreme Court seemed receptive on Oct. 8 to a Republican congressman’s argument that he should be allowed to challenge an Illinois law that allows the counting of ballots for two weeks after Election Day.

Arguments in the case focused on the question of legal standing, as opposed to the merits of the lawsuit contesting the Illinois statute.