Emanuel lawyers file ballot appeal with Supreme Court

[The Straight Story]

Emanuel lawyers file ballot appeal with Supreme Court

Lawyers for Rahm Emanuel today filed their appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court asking to have him restored to the Chicago mayoral ballot.

The document asking for the high court to step into the matter comes after Monday’s appellate court ruling stripping Emanuel’s name from the Feb. 22 ballot. Emanuel lawyer Kevin Forde said the document was filed in Springfield and Chicago this morning.

It's not certain that the high court will agree to Emanuel's petition to hear his case -- if they decline to take up the issue, Emanue's bid for mayor would suffer a likely fatal blow.

Emanuel's attorneys are already waiting for an answer from the state's highest court on their request for a stay of the appellate court ruling, which could help them stop city election authorities from going ahead with plans today to print ballots without Emanuel's name.



http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2011/01/emanuel-lawyers-file-ballot-appeal-with-supreme-court.html

[hedgehog]

1. Does anyone know if Emanuel can be elected via a write-in

campaign? Is he barred from the ballot, or barred from holding office?

[onenote]

3. If the ruling stands, he's not eligible to hold the office.

[somone]

2. One abstention and he's toast

[Missy Vixen]

4. I suppose it would just be too much to ask

that Emanuel actually live in Chicago, fulfill the residency requirement, and run for mayor in four years.

Everyone else is compelled to fulfill residency requirements to run for office, unless your name is Dick Cheney. Or Rahm Emanuel.

:eyes: