In Illinois, presidential primary candidates need 3,000 signatures to appear on a presidential primary ballot. Every Illinois presidential primary petition has been challenged, except for the Buddy Roemer petition. The deadline for filing challenges was January 13, and most of the challenges were filed during the last hour. See this story about the Republican presidential primary petition challenges, and see this story about the challenge to President Obama’s petition validity. UPDATE: here is a Chicago Tribune story.
In the past, a tradition has existed in Illinois that presidential primary petitions were never challenged, but that tradition seems not to apply this year. The only Republicans who filed in Illinois this year, besides Roemer, are Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum. President Obama is the only person who filed in the Democratic primary. See this link to the Illinois State Board of Elections web page, listing the candidates and noting which ones have been challenged. Thanks to Jack Dean for this news.
Wake up folks —
Ballot access is a political W-A-R event — with State by State Battles for Prez candidates.
Clueless candidate-amateurs should be aware of what is going on.
P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
BLAME SCOTUS for the mess — which has built up each Prez to be a living god since 1932. EVIL POWERMADNESS.
At stake – a mere at least ONE TRILLION in more/less Fed spending/borrowing — about 6.66 percent of the economy — for starters.
The article said they may be challenged, not that they have been.
“getting hoisted with his own petard.” – LOVIN’ IT !!
#2, the article wasn’t up-to-date. The link to the Illinois State Board of Elections web page shows that all the petitions have been challenged (except the Roemer petition).
– Obama’s father was a British citizen, domiciled in Kenya.
– Obama Sr, was in the US on a student visa under the USA/British Treaty, signed in 1951 by President Truman.
– The treaty then attached the 1948 British Nationality Act (Part II Section 5(a)) to Obama Jr, at birth, making him a dual citizen US/UK.
– Obama Jr was born a dual citizen ((USA)+ (US) + (UK)), however the US Constitution Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 requires a natural born citizen ((USA) + (US) + (US)).
– Obama’s websites used propaganda and lies to mislead the public, because nothing that happens after the birth alters the citizenship defined by the circumstances at the moment of birth.
— Circumstances of birth are a constant which cannot be altered.
– Barack Hussein Obama II, was born a dual-national and therefore never was a natural born citizen, and cannot ever be blessed or converted into a natural born citizen.
– He is not constitutionally eligible to be a US President.
– He was erroneously put into the 2008 Presidential Election.