Legal Opinion
Libertarian Party of Illinois v. John Cunningham
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 22, 2017No. 16-1667 & 16-1775PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Illinois law prevents political parties from fielding candidates on election ballots unless they meet certain conditions. One condition is known as the full-slate requirement: If a party hasn’t attained sufficient voter support in past elections, it must field candidates for all offices on the "ballot in the political subdivision in which it wishes to compete. So in the 2012 election, the Libertarian Party of Illinois could field a candidate for county auditor in Kane County only if it also proposed candidates for circuit clerk, recorder, prosecutor, coroner, board…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Storer v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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