No ruling on lawsuit vs IL vote-by-mail rules; Judge schedules Dec. 5 hearing over two-week mail-in ballot window – Cook County Record

In May, U.S. Rep. Michael J. Bost and two other Illinois Republicans filed suit in Chicago federal court against the Illinois State Board of Elections, asking the judge to declare Illinois can’t count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, if those ballots include votes for federal offices. “Upon further consideration of the parties' written arguments, the Court finds that the decisional process for this motion would be aided by oral argument,” Judge John Kness wrote in an order filed late in the day Nov. 7.