January 25, 2011
Breaking News Alert NY Times: Illinois Supreme Court Halts Printing Chicago Mayoral Ballots w/out Rahm's Name
The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Rahm Emanuel's name back on the ballot, a day after an appellate court ruled him ineligible to run for mayor of Chicago, and told election officials not to print any ballots that exclude Mr.
Emanuel's name. The Court did not rule on other matters, including whether it will actually hear an appeal in the case, which challenged Mr. Emanuel's legal residency in Chicago.
Some analysts, though, said the stay of the lower court ruling suggested that the Supreme Court's seven justices were at least considering it. On Monday, a panel of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled that Mr. Emanuel's time as White House chief of staff - a post he left last October -- meant he did not meet a state stipulation to having lived in the city for a year before Election Day, and that he would not appear on the Feb. 22 ballot.
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Emanuel's name. The Court did not rule on other matters, including whether it will actually hear an appeal in the case, which challenged Mr. Emanuel's legal residency in Chicago.
Some analysts, though, said the stay of the lower court ruling suggested that the Supreme Court's seven justices were at least considering it. On Monday, a panel of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled that Mr. Emanuel's time as White House chief of staff - a post he left last October -- meant he did not meet a state stipulation to having lived in the city for a year before Election Day, and that he would not appear on the Feb. 22 ballot.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/us/polit...
