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Illinois Green Party Seeks Recognition |
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by Ken Urban
Email: kenurban (nospam) kenurban.com (verified) |
15 Dec 2003
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Today members of the Illinois Green Party filed petitions to run in the Champaign County elections. |
Today members of the Illinois Green Party filed petitions to run in the Champaign County elections. Our status is uncertain at this point (see the champaign county clerk's webpage: http://champaigncountyclerk.com/2004candidatefilings.htm )
This opportunity arose from the tremendous work done two summers ago by the Carl Estabrook Congressional campaign.
The current state of affairs in Illinois is described by John Paul as "Just talked to Mark Shelden on the phone.Apparently Green party filings here and in Chicago have set the phone lines buzzing. No one in the election business really knows what is supposed to happen. The Illinois Board of Elections, Chicago Board of Elections, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Champaign County States Attorney's Office and the Champaign County Clerk's office are all discussing the matter (hilarious in and of itself). The Illinos Attorney General's Office has made an unofficial comment (NOT an unofficial opinion, which despite the name is a big deal) that the Green party should not have precinct committee folks, but they don't really have any strong reasoning."
I'll post further developments as they occur. |
