AG candidates differ over Court's mail-in ballot ruling

(The Center Square) – Republican Illinois attorney general candidate Bob Fioretti said the U.S. Postal Service should have authority to establish uniform requirements for handling mail-in ballots, while Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul has challenged the federal rule in court.

The dispute follows a Sept. 14 U.S. Supreme Court decision leaving in place a lower-court injunction that prevents the Postal Service from enforcing the rule for the 2026 election. The court did not definitively resolve whether the Postal Service has statutory authority to impose the requirements.