SCOTUS Agrees To Decide Case On Candidates’ Standing To Challenge Election Laws
Shawn Fleetwood
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case involving questions surrounding federal candidate litigation of state election regulations.
Known as Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections, the case offers the nation’s highest court with the opportunity to provide a definitive ruling on the issue of whether a federal candidate who has demonstrated substantiated factual allegations has standing to challenge state-enacted election laws and rules. As The Federalist previously reported, “Standing has been a contentious issue in election litigation” and was at the “forefront of several prominent lawsuits filed contesting the 2020 presidential election cycle, as well as a case involving a challenge to then-President Biden’s ‘Bidenbucks‘ executive order.”
The decision to grant “cert” in the case means at least four justices agreed to bring the matter before the full court for consideration, as required by SCOTUS rules.
The origins of the Bost case date back to May 2022, when Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., and two other Republicans identified as presidential elector nominees filed a lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Elections and the Board’s executive director, Bernadette Matthews. The suit specifically challenged the legality of a state law authorizing the acceptance of voters’ mail-in ballots up to two weeks after Election Day.
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