SCOTUS: Bost can challenge IL mail-in vote counting rules – Legal Newsline

"Candidates, in short, are not 'mere bystanders' in their own elections," U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority decision. "They have an obvious personal stake in how the result is determined and regarded. Departures from the preordained rules cause them particularized and concrete harm. ... An unlawful extension of vote counting deprives candidates of the opportunity to compete for election under the Constitution and laws of the United States."