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US supreme court hears arguments in lawsuit over Illinois mail-in ballots

Suit filed by Republican congressman challenges state law allowing late-arriving mail-in ballots to be counted

The US supreme court is hearing arguments in a lawsuit challenging an Illinois law governing how the state counts mailed-in absentee ballots received after election day.

Arguments center on who has standing to challenge the law, not whether the practice itself is constitutionally valid.

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