The RNC, which is promoting a 'bank the vote' program to get Republicans to pledge to vote by mail, joined with the National Republican Congressional Committee in filing a court brief in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the effort to nullify ballots received by Illinois election authorities after Election Day.
But Kness went even further, ruling that Illinois' 2015 law complied with the U.S. Constitution as well as federal election law and does 'not conflict with the federal mandate that Election Day be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.'
The case could have far-reaching consequences. During the 2020 pandemic year general election, when mail-in voting increased, as many as 266,417 votes were counted after Election Day in Illinois alone.
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