A Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll of the Illinois gubernatorial race, released September 11, shows this result: Democratic 45%, Republican 33%, Green 6%, undecided or write-in 16%.
If the Green Party does poll 5% or more of the gubernatorial vote, it will become a qualified party in Illinois for all partisan office. No nationally-organized minor party has been a qualified party in Illinois for all partisan office since the Socialist Party lost that status in 1924. The Illinois vote test was 2%, not 5%, until 1931.
Is it really true? “No nationally-organized minor party has been a qualified party in Illinois for all partisan office since the Socialist Party lost that status in 1924.”
What is the source for this assertion?