Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections

Plaintiffs, a group of Illinois voters and political candidates, filed a lawsuit challenging the provision of Illinois law that allows voters to cast their votes by mail and for election officials to receive and count these ballots for up to two weeks after the date of the election so long as they are postmarked or certified by the date of the election. Plaintiffs argued that the law impermissibly expands the time in which residents can vote. The district court found that plaintiffs lacked standing and dismissed the complaint. Plaintiffs appealed and the Seventh Circuit affirmed, finding that the plaintiffs lacked standing because they did not allege an adequate injury. (BRENNAN, concurring, and SCUDDER, concurring in part and dissenting in part)