Posted on 04/11/2024 7:28:03 AM PDT by PBRCat
Chicago Republican Party Chairman Steve Boulton has lost the election to save his 27th Ward Committeeman seat after he was originally knocked off the ballot for submitting an “insufficient number of valid signatures,” after receiving just 24 votes as a write-in candidate – falling far short while facing no opponent, and bringing a humiliating end to a term marked by controversy and losses.
111 signatures were required to appear on the March Primary ballot as a candidate for 27th Ward Committeeman. Boulton submitted a total of 310, but after careful review, it was discovered that only 103 signatures were valid – leaving Boulton 8 signatures short. As a write-in candidate, official election results revealed that Boulton secured just 24 votes and faced no opponent.
(Excerpt) Read more at illinoisreview.com ...
If he got 24 votes and no one else got any why wouldn’t he be declared the winner?
I was going to say, a “Republican” in Cshitcongo has to be skewed a little to the left of center.
Even so, NOW they check signatures?
The Republican Party in illinois is worse than useless.
They’re complicit.
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Under Illinois law, unopposed write-in candidates must receive the same number of votes as would equal the number of valid petition signatures needed for ballot access. Otherwise, the write-in candidates are not elected.
During the same election, two other write-in candidates were elected and these candidates both received over 1,000 votes.
Chicago and GOP — an oxymoron.
Interestingly they check every one with a magnifying glass when you are turning in signatures to qualify for the ballot. As a delegate I have experienced it here in San Francisco. Every signer’s registration checked and validated etc.
It can be done! They only do it for those seeking to get in the ballot though it seems.
Ain’t it funny how signature verification suddenly matters when it’s a republican trying to get enough signatures to be on the ballot?
Interestingly they check every one with a magnifying glass when you are turning in signatures to qualify for the ballot. As a delegate I have experienced it here in San Francisco. Every signer’s registration checked and validated etc.
It can be done! They only do it for those seeking to get in the ballot though it seems.
Check out the photograph accompanying the article: the guy looks like Kent Dorfman from “National Lampoon’s Animal House.”
“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
“Under Illinois law, unopposed write-in candidates must receive the same number of votes as would equal the number of valid petition signatures needed for ballot access. Otherwise, the write-in candidates are not elected.”
Many thanks! The linked article mystified me until I read your explanation.
His district is as lazy as he is.
I don’t know what’s going on here but it seems absurd he couldn’t find 125 or whatever people to get out and vote. The residents must either really dislike him, or he has absolutely no skills or no real desire to keep the seat.
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absolutely no skills
Certainly has little ability to campaign.
I second that. They are simply DEMOCRATS, with an (R) after their name, YET I FIGHT ON!!
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