Kavanaugh Blasts Illinois For Flip-Flopping On Candidate Standing In Election Litigation
The moment occurred during oral arguments for Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections, which centers around a 2022 challenge brought by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., and other Republicans against a state law allowing ballots to be counted up to two weeks after Election Day. Dismissed by the lower courts over alleged “lack of standing,” the plaintiffs have asked the justices to address the “sole question” of whether they, “as federal candidates, have pleaded sufficient factual allegations to show Article III standing to challenge state time, place, and manner regulations concerning their federal elections.”
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