Legal Opinion
Thaddeus Jones v. Michelle Qualkinbush
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 14, 2018No. 17-1227PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Easterbrook, Circuit Judge.
*936 Thaddeus Jones, an alderman in Calumet City, Illinois, wants to be mayor. One of his supporters, Stevon Grant (plus others who formed a committee), tried to prevent the incumbent, Michelle Markiewicz-Qualkinbush, mayor since 2003, from running for reelection in spring 2017. The means: a referendum that would have set a three-term limit on the City's mayor. Grant gathered enough signatures to put that referendum on the ballot in November 2016. But it did not appear on that ballot, because the City itself proposed three referenda for that election, and the City's…
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