The Illinois Green Party is holding it’s convention in Peoria this weekend. I would have loved to go down and mingle with this well-meaning left-wingers, but I have to work today. Too bad the Libertarian Party in Illinois has essentially collapsed. Anyway, they picked their senate candidate today. Good luck trying to keep her and [...]

Via a press release:
In their meeting Thursday, the Illinois Board of Elections dismissed objections to all four Green Party candidates for President: Jared Ball of Washington D.C., Howie Hawkins of New York, Kent Mesplay of California and Cynthia McKinney of California.
The decision by the board sets the stage for the state’s first ever contested Green [...]

I signed up for email updates from many of the presidential campaigns, including Ron Paul’s. This one landed in my inbox today. It does not make me feel hopeful for the libertarian-leaning Republican.
November 11, 2007
If we don’t get hundreds upon hundreds of signatures immediately in Illinois Ron Paul will have no delegates to send [...]

Eric Zorn tells us that only Republicans and Democrats should be the recipient of our votes tomorrow. To back up his position, he reminds us that the candidacies of Ross Perot and Ralph Nader helped secure victories for Bill Clinton and George W. Bush respectively. In other words: A victory righteous belongs to one Big [...]

This what Jeff Trigg is up to these days:
The Illinois Free & Equal Elections Coalition (FREE) is a coalition of political parties, independent citizens and civic organizations formed to promote free and equal elections in Illinois.
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Jeff Trigg is keeping a tab on the Blogosphere’s reaction to the Lee V. Keith decision.
Jeff’s reaction:
This has to stop now. The process and “rules” are such an incredible waste of time and the only result of all those resources being used is to keep competition off the ballots. Michael Madigan should resign immediately for [...]