
Fox News
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.
Read more at FOX News
VN:F [1.9.17_1161]
Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
VN:F [1.9.17_1161]
Possibly related articles:
Tags: Chicago, Elections, Illinois, Media, News Item, Politics, Rahm Emanuel
This entry was posted
on Monday, January 24th, 2011 at 19:00 and is filed under Elections, National, News Item.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.