On September 19, a lower Illinois state court ordered the State Board of Elections to certify Joe Parnarauskis for the ballot as the Socialist Equality Party nominee for State Senate, 52nd district. He had collected 4,991 signatures, a very large amount for a state legislative race. 2,985 signatures were needed. The Democratic Party had challenged his signatures, but he had enough valid, except that some of his sheets didn’t have the State Senate district number at the top of the page. However, the text of the petition did include that information. The case is Parkarauskis v Illinois State Bd. of Elections, 2006-mr-499, Sangamon Co. Circuit Court.