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Petitioning Illinois Election Process
This petition will be delivered to:
2016 Election Ballot Access for the office of President
in the state of Illinois
The Illinois Government: Allow Jesse Ventura Ballot Access in Illinois during the 2016 Election for President of the United States.
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Petition by
Pete Wichert
Chicago, United States
Multiply Your Impact
The List of the Challenges which Mr. Ventura must Overcome to Get on the Ticket
"As Richard Winger reported July 2 on Ballot Access News, the presidential petitions in Illinois for the Justice, Socialist, and Constitution parties, as well as the “Together Enhancing America” petition for candidate Michael Hawkins, were all challenged as insufficient.This is significant because in Illinois, parties or candidates that petition to appear on the presidential ballot will appear as long as their petitions are not challenged and found to be inadequate. All parties challenged here appear to not meet the state’s ballot access requirements."
The challenge was made by Cook County Green Party chairman Rob Sherman. He sent the following message to explain his decision:
I’ve read every word of every Illinois Green Party post during the past three days, plus many direct e-mails from concerned political party members from around the country. Here’s my perspective on the controversies regarding my challenges to presidential candidates, in which one set of candidates that submitted one signature (just 24,999 short), one set of candidates that submitted two signatures (24,998 short), one set of candidates who submitted about 250 signatures (just 24,750 short) and one candidate for president who submitted one signature and didn’t even list a Vice Presidential candidate. The Illinois Green Party, on the other hand, submitted over 30,000 signatures, collected by hundreds of volunteers and supported by thousands of dollars in donations to cover volunteers’ expenses and the expense of the operation.
"All of the challenged candidates can still get on the ballot via Write-In. Having your name pre-printed on the ballot implies that you got at least 25,000 signature on nominating petitions, that you complied with all of the other election laws AND that you have a sufficiently broad base of support in Illinois that merits voters using their time to do research about the listed candidates."
"That last one is a very important factor. Voters have a limited amount of time to do candidate research. It’s not fair to trick voters into spending their time doing research on a candidate by falsely implying, by being pre-printed on the ballot, that they have amassed a broad base of support in Illinois for their candidacy when they actually haven’t. The candidates whom I challenged (Jesse Ventura) are welcome to contact me and try to explain to me rob@robsherman.com or (847) 870-0700 why they should be on the ballot. In particular, what I want to know from them is: What should I, the Cook County Green Party Chairman, tell the volunteers who worked thousands of hours in scorching hot weather and walked thousands of miles, collectively, as to why I should withdraw my challenges and allow these other candidates to get on the ballot with one or two or, in one case, about 250, signatures? Finally, leadership is about doing what’s right and convincing others to follow you. What Andy and I are doing is right. Now that you know why, I urge you to follow or, at least, respect our decision. You are all welcome to respond. Use the Illinois Green Party listserve if you are part of that system. Otherwise, feel free to contact me directly."
Source: (This entry was posted in Green Party, Third parties, general and tagged ballot access, Illinois, Michael Hawkins, Richard Winger, Rob Sherman on July 5, 2012 by William Saturn. )
1. http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2012/07/statement-from-the-illinois-ballot-access-petition-challenger/#comment-861396