The Illinois State Board of Elections will decide next week whether to reject state Senate President Don Harmon’s appeal of a nearly $10 million fine for campaign contribution violations.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could decide whether political candidates have the right to challenge Illinois’ vote-by-mail law in court.

Daley and LaHood’s group, Fair Maps Illinois, is beginning the process of gathering the signatures necessary to put a referendum on the ballot, and that’s no small feat. They’ll need about 400,000 folks to sign their petition by May, a process they estimate will take as much as $4 million to accomplish.

( NewsNation) — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments regarding a lawsuit over an Illinois law that allows the counting of ballots after Election Day. The court will not be weighing in on the law itself, but on the question of who is allowed to file a lawsuit over such policies.

The Supreme Court will be hearing arguments about an Illinois law that could allow officials to count mail-in ballots that are received after Election Day.

Bost’s best arguments as to the injury he suffers from the grace period is that it might diminish his margin of victory (he’s in an R+5 seat) and that he may choose to spend additional money on poll watchers and other staff during that time.

With Illinois and Chicago under the national microscope amid immigration enforcement and an impending U.S. National Guard deployment, nine Democratic candidates vying for U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s seat (D-Ill.