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Court Boots Rahm Emanuel From Chicago Mayoral Ballot

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Court Boots Rahm Emanuel From Chicago Mayoral Ballot

Post  rocky on Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:35 pm

Court Boots Rahm Emanuel From Chicago Mayoral Ballot
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by Wes Barrett | January 24, 2011

An appeals court in Chicago ruled Monday that Rahm Emanuel doesn't meet the residency requirements to run for mayor of Chicago and ordered his name be pulled off the ballot. The three judge panel voted 2-1 against Emanuel.

In a major blow to Emanuel's campaign, Monday's ruling overturned a Cook County Circuit Court ruling that upheld a Chicago Board of Elections decision to let Emanuel run in the February 22nd election.

The court agreed with Emanuel's contention that he met Chicago's voter residency standard but added that wasn't enough to allow his run for mayor.

"...a candidate must meet not only the Election Code's voter residency standard, but also must have actually resided within the municipality for one year prior to the election, a qualification that the candidate unquestionably does not satisfy," the ruling stated.

The residency questions stem from Emanuel's time spent living in Washington while he served as President Obama's chief of staff. He resigned and moved back to Chicago in October of 2010 and almost immediately announced his candidacy for mayor.



http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/24/court-boots-rahm-emanuel-chicago-mayoral-ballot/

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Re: Court Boots Rahm Emanuel From Chicago Mayoral Ballot

Post  weelassie on Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:37 pm

Giggle. No loss there. I keep wondering when Chicago voters will wake up and boot out the Democrats from Chicago and Springfield. My daughters live down there. After the tax increase was declared by the governor, she called me and said "that loud sucking sound you heard when the Governor announced the tax increases, was the sound of all the jobs leaving Illinois and running to Wisconsin". LOL. Laughing Very Happy

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Re: Court Boots Rahm Emanuel From Chicago Mayoral Ballot

Post  chazmaz on Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:49 pm

I think our joy about Rahm Emanuel getting his comeuppance will be short lived as his buddies on the Illinois Supreme Court will overrule the appellate court's decision. Iraq isn't the only place with where the ruling party politicians have a too cozy relationship with the courts.

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