August 4 is the first day for Illinois residents who want to run for federal and state office in the 2010 primary to begin petitioning.
Illinois requires all candidates running in a partisan primary, for federal and state office, to submit petitions. Because the 2010 primary for all federal and state office is in February, petitions to get on a primary ballot ballot circulate from early August to early November of the year before the election. Illinois is the only state that has ever held its midterm year primary for Congress and state office as early as February. See this news story.
Many Illinois newspapers have editorialized that the state’s midterm primary date is ridiculously early, but the state’s legislators did not seriously consider moving it. Incumbents tend to feel that it is easier for them to get re-elected when the primary is very early.
How about moving the primary to same day as the prior general election — double voting ???
What is the TOTAL EVIL in the New Age EVIL brains of incumbents in legislative bodies ???
Even worse than that in the old time hereditary MONSTERS in Europe ??? — which took many very bloody civil wars and revolutions to get rid of.
Democracy NOW via P.R. — ballot access via nominating petitions.
Pre-election candidate rank order lists of the other candidates.
NO party hack primaries, caucuses and conventions are needed.
“The county office holder petitions must have 69 signatures for Democratic candidates, 66 signatures for Republican candidates and three signatures for Green Party candidates.
I wonder if any Green Party candidates will file for Jefferson County sheriff?