DOJ joins Bost at SCOTUS in fight over IL mail-in vote rules – Legal Newsline

The Justice Department says it will lend its weight to the effort by a Republican congressman to overturn Illinois' extended vote-by-mail counting deadlines, as the Trump administration has asked for the chance to argue that lower courts wrongly denied U.S. Rep. Mike Bost the chance to present his case and forcing Illinois election officials to prove they can constitutionally keep counting votes for two weeks after Election Day.