United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 22-2835 BARBARA TULLY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PAUL OKESON, et al., Defendants-Appellees. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. No. 1:20-cv-01271 — James P. Hanlon, Judge. ____________________

ARGUED MAY 17, 2023 — DECIDED AUGUST 15, 2023 ____________________

Before RIPPLE, SCUDDER, and LEE, Circuit Judges. RIPPLE, Circuit Judge. Indiana law allows “elderly” vot- ers—those sixty-five or older—to vote by mail. Indiana voters who are younger than sixty-five must fall within one of twelve other categories in order to vote by mail. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indiana Election Commission extended absentee-voting privileges to all registered Indiana voters for the June 2020 primary but did not renew that order for the November 2020 gener