On April 23, U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer put her oral order of April 21 into a formal memorandum and order. Libertarian Party of Illinois v Pritzker, n.d., 1:20cv-2112. As reported previously, the Libertarian Party and the Green Party are now on the ballot for President and U.S. Senate, and the Green Party is also on for two U.S. House districts, and some Cook County county board offices.
Libertarian and Green candidates for other partisan offices need a petition that is 10% of the formal requirement, as do independent candidates and the nominees of other unqualified parties. Here is the 10-page opinion and order.
The petition deadline is extended to August 7. That date is included in the injunction order. Electronic signatures are partially permitted.
What’s next ???
Judics suspend ALL Const and laws due to plague of locusts, tornadoes, earthquakes, wild cows, etc etc etc ???
I am confused. This article is saying that Libertarians and Greens are not automatically on the ballot https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-to-loosen-election-rules-for-independents-third-party-candidates/article_3794fe3c-360c-5f7a-ac90-65100f4a6338.html
It says, “Those conditions to be finalized differ from what the Libertarian and Green parties initially sought and what attorneys for Pritzker and the State Board of Elections offered. The parties asked Illinois’ signature collection mandates be waived or suspended this general election cycle so their candidates could appear on the November ballot. In a remote court hearing Friday, Pallmeyer said that “is beyond the power of the court.” Am I missing something Mr. Winger?
Have you read the linked injunction order in the article, Ryan?
Charles, I got confused on why the signatures were waived for just President and Senate.
The gist of what actually happened, as per the final release of the injunction order and opinion, was a compromise between the state and the Libertarian and Green Parties and Indy candidates, in that the Greens and Libertarians are on the ballot in the districts/offices that they were on in 2016 and/or 2018, and the Green Party’s senate candidate and the Indy candidates are on, but Green and Libertarian candidates in other districts and offices and other parties and independents need to get 10% of the usual signature total to get on the ballot. Some of the most shoddy “Journalism” I have ever seen on the herald-review’s part; they need to correct that article as it is now misinformation.
@Joshua Hellmann
Does that the Green Party has a fair crack at the 12th Congressional District again, despite losing major party status in the district?
5th and 12th from what I read elsewhere.
Great news!