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Four Illinois Greens removed from ballot

By Gregg Jocoy on June 9, 2008 9:44 PM

Richard Winger reports that four Greens have been removed from the November ballot by the State of Illinois. Ballot Access News They are Iain Abernathy in the 8th district, David Kalbfleisch in the 10th district, Robert Hill in the 14th district, and Troy Dennis in the 17th district. The state party’s next step is apparently undecided.

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  2. Gregg Jocoy Post author | June 9, 2008

    Well Mike, all I can do is paste what Richard Winger said at Ballot Access News. Sorry for stealing Richard.

    I haven’t seen the documents yet, but the best I can understand, the law says certain party officials that presumably were elected in the primary must do certain things. The problem is, in certain counties the Illinois Greens didn’t elect any party officers at the primary, so they improvised with a bylaw that says the state party can appoint those “missing” officials. It’s an example of laws being written with large parties in mind, laws that don’t match the reality for smaller ballot-qualified parties.

    Zeleni also pointed out in a comment that two of these four candidates are recent veterans. Fight for democracy…just not your own I guess.

  3. Mike Theodore June 9, 2008

    I’m in the 8th district. Damn. Any reason?

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