The Supreme Court will consider reviving a lawsuit challenging Illinois’ ability to count mail ballots received after Election Day, the court announced in a brief order Monday.

Lower courts ruled Rep. Michael Bost (R-Ill.) and two of President Trump’s 2020 electors from the state had no legal standing to bring their lawsuit.

More than a dozen states allow mail ballots to be received after Election Day so long as they were postmarked or certified by the time polls close, and Republicans have looked to demolish the practice in court.

The legality of the practice is not yet before the Supreme Court, but the new case enables the justices to weigh in on who is able to bring such lawsuits.

The case will be considered during the court’s next annual term, which begins in October. Oral argument

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