The Supreme Court heard arguments about a mail-in ballot case Monday morning.

The lag time between election day and final tabulations creates a vacuum filled by unwarranted fraud claims. A reformer offers steps to speed the count while preserving the ease of casting a ballot.

Kat Abughazaleh, who is running to replace Representative Jan Schakowsky in Illinois’s Ninth District, cast her ballot at a Chicago Park District field house on Tuesday morning. She is part of a crowded Democratic primary field, and the race has drawn more outside spending than any other House contest in Illinois.