Thenks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
Seventh Circuit Judge, Amy Comey Barrett has One Ballot Access Case, and she ruled Badly.
The Issue was whether Illinois was Violating the Constitution when it Required more Signatures for a Candidate for County Office to get on the Primary Ballot, than for a Statewide Candidate to get on the Primary Ballot.
The Case was Acevedo v Cook County Electoral Board (2019).
The Law required a Democrat running for Sheriff to Collect 8,236 Signatures, but a Democrat running for Statewide Office needed 5,000 Signatures.
The Democratic Primary Ballot for Sheriff of Cook County is never crowded. The Number of Candidates in that Primary for Sheriff has been: 2002 One; 2006 Three; 2010 Two; 2014 Four; 2018 One, for ab Average of 2.2 Candidates.
Twice the U.S. Supreme Court had Ruled that Illinois can't Require More Signatures for a County or City Office than for a Statewide Office.
Seems Barrett did read Precedent and didn't Apply those Precedents.
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