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October 16, 2025

From Washington Times:
Tom Fitton:
Under federal law, Election Day in the United States is not two days, two weeks or two months. It is a single day. That anyone might insist otherwise is difficult to imagine.
Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections, a case challenging Illinois’ decision to count mail-in-ballots that arrive up to 14 days after Election Day. For 80 years, Election Day has been held on the same day in November. This date has been repeatedly reaffirmed by Congress and solidified into U.S. law. Yet in 2005, in flagrant violation of that law, Illinois began permitting the counting of mail-in ballots received up to 14 days after Election Day.
It should be deeply concerning that in 2020 alone, Illinois received 4.4% of votes from Nov. 3 to Nov. 17, after Election Day.
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