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Illinois ballot access law requiring third parties field 'full slate' of candidates struck down

By Scott Holland | Thursday, Sep 28, 2017 @ 4:48pm

Third-party candidates have scored an easier path to Illinois ballots after a federal appeals panel in Chicago declared unconstitutional an Illinois law requiring political parties to field a full slate of candidates if they wish to seek any office on a ballot.
Judge: Newly listed endangered bumblebee could stop Kane County Fox River bridge project

By Jonathan Bilyk | Tuesday, Apr 18, 2017 @ 4:02pm

A Chicago federal judge has thrown the brakes on a plan to construct a new bridge over the Fox River in northwest suburban Kane County, saying the plan could harm a kind of bumblebee placed last month on the Endangered Species List.
IL ballot access rule requiring new parties to field full slate of candidates struck down as unconstitutional

By Dan Churney | Tuesday, Mar 1, 2016 @ 10:18pm

A Chicago federal judge has sided with a suit brought by the Illinois Libertarian Party against the Illinois State Board of Elections, ruling state election law offends the U.S. Constitution by requiring a new party to list a full slate of candidates on nominating petitions in order to get on the ballot the first time.

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