On March 14, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Gettleman denied a request from the Illinois Green Party to intervene in Libertarian Party v Yarbrough, n.d., 1:22cv-578. This is the case over whether the Libertarian Party is entitled to a primary to choose nominees for Cook County Commissioner. The Libertarian Party won injunctive relief earlier this month.

The Greens had intervened, seeking to establish that they are entitled to elect Cook County township officers throughout the county because they are a qualified party in the Metropolitan Water District, which covers almost all of Cook County. But Judge Gettleman denied intervention for the Greens, because he said the issues are also different; also he said the Greens filed too late. Here is the four-page order.