The Supreme Court will consider whether an Illinois Republican congressman and two federal electors can challenge the state's protocols for counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day.

Lower courts have said U.S. Rep. Mike Bost and two other plaintiffs lacked the legal standing to sue, and the high court said on Monday that it will hear their appeal.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider reviving a Republican challenge to an Illinois law that allows mail ballots to be counted if they are received up to two weeks after Election Day.