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  • Illinois Libertarian candidate wins legal fight over nickname

    10/21/2002 2:22:22 PM PDT · by The FRugitive · 16 replies · 906+ views
    Libertarian U.S. House candidate Stephanie "Vs. The Machine" Sailor has won the right to have her unusual nickname appear on the November ballot in Illinois -- although the Cook County clerk's office has filed a lawsuit to overturn the decision. On October 10, the Illinois State Board of Elections (SBOE) unanimously agreed that Sailor's nickname did not violate state election law. Illinois law permits candidates to list their nicknames on the ballot. A week earlier, Cook County Clerk David Orr had removed "Vs. The Machine" from the ballot, saying the nickname went "too far." However, SBOE spokesman Dan White...