MySuburbanLife has this editorial, in support of the Green Party’s lawsuit that argues the State Board of Elections should recognize the Green Party as a qualified party for 2012 in the districts in which it polled over 5% of the vote in 2010. Illinois election law gives qualified status to any party in any political subdivision for the next election, if it polled 5% in the last election. In 2010, the Green Party polled over 5% of the vote in four U.S. House districts and four state representative districts.

However, state election officials are not recognizing that the Green Party is ballot-qualified in any of those eight districts, because in each case the boundaries of the districts shifted due to redistricting. The party is contesting that ruling in a lawsuit in state court filed earlier this month.