The Party for Socialism and Liberation presidential nominee, Gloria La Riva, will appear on the Illinois ballot this year. This is the first time a party with “socialist” or “socialism” has been on the ballot for president in Illinois since 1992, when the Socialist Workers Party was on. La Riva submitted approximately 4,500 signatures. The legal requirement is 2,500.
Monday, July 27, was the deadline for challenges, and no one challenged the PSL petition.
The Illinois State Board of Elections website is confusing. If a petition is submitted with a number of raw signatures below 10% of the requirement, the State Board removes the person on its own initiative, yet the Board still posts the names of candidates who file such inadequate petitions. The Board’s website lists Kyle Kopitke and Don Blankenship as presidential candidates who were not challenged, but both of them have already received a letter rejecting their candidacy because they had fewer than 250 signatures, so they will not be on the ballot, notwithstanding their being listed on the Board’s website.
The American Solidarity Party submitted a presidential petition for its nominee, Brian Carroll. It has more than 250 signatures, and no one challenged it, so Carroll will also be on the ballot.
Kanye West submitted approximately 4,000 signatures, but he is being challenged. The challenge process will proceed in August.
The Libertarian and Green Parties did not need to petition for president, due to having won a court case.
Socialism & Libertarian? Sounds like the LP these days
Might want to fix that headline there Richard.
Errata aside, it’ll be interesting to see how the Presidential election plays out this year here in IL.
ALL NONPARTISAN EXECS/JUDICS VIA APPV – PENDING CONDORCET.
Thanks for the commenters who pointed out my headline mistake. I am so glad commenters help me.
Thank you for being such a stalwart ally to the concept of free and fair democratic elections. Our elections would probably be even less free and fair without your help in court cases and research.
Who needs *socialism* since the RED communist Donkeys since 1932 ???
Near a mere 25 TRILLION USA regime debt [about 10 trillion owed to foreign morons who loaned money to the USA regime] —
IE USA de facto bankrupt —
worse each day with CV-19 spending/borrowing.
What day will the dollar COLLAPSE in *value* ???
One more fiasco due to SCOTUS hacks — OK for Civil WAR I junk paper money [aka greenbacks] as a *war* emergency matter.
TOTAL corrupt ignoring of hyper-inflation in 1775-1781.
ONLY thing NOT put in 1787 USA Const — the *bills of credit* stuff in olde 1777 Art. Confed.
Opposing big government wars, cops, prisons, espionage on citizens, military industrial and prison industrial complex etc is not socialism. You peddle bs, because you’re fash. Start your own fash rightist party. Or go do Hitler salutes to trump and lick jackboots. Bigotry is collectivism. Systemic racism is collectivist statism. Fashy right wing “libertarian” alt right/ Paleolithic slime are actually big government authoritarianism in the guise of a liberty movement. Good riddance.
Did you mean to say Brain Carroll will NOT be on the ballot? Or did he submit the 2,500 signature requirement?
250 raw and no objection is all they had to have. With objection 2500 valid.
New Age statism = CONTROL of econony.
GOVT NET LOOTER gangs —
Govt officers/employees
Govt contractors
Govt interest getters
Govt welfarers — via *transfer payments*
NOW 40-45 Pct of GDP
———
vs NET Tax/Debt SLAVES.
NOW 60-55 Pct of GDP
At immediate risk in Nov 2020 — 10-40 pct of economy $$$.
VOTE LP or more left/right statism.
Private profit, public risk, public costs. The real looting. Not the piddly stuff.
Is there any official confirmation of a full list of candidates on the ballot in IL?
I think the challenge period has not ended but could be wrong.