by Illinois Green Party | Jul 22, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, Media Release, News, Petitions
July 19, 2022 As many of you know, I collected 1,353 signature petitions as a Green Party candidate for the State House, District 85 race and was 147 signatures shy of the 1,500 requirement to file. The signatures I collected were more than three times the number of...
by Illinois Green Party | Mar 25, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, MWRD
The Illinois Green Party’s 2022 slate for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District will be on the ballot in the November 2022 General Election after no challenges to their signatures were submitted. Green candidates for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation...
by Illinois Green Party | Mar 15, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, MWRD
Green candidates for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Toneal Jackson and Mark Buettner, filed their petitions to get on the ballot for the 2022 General Election on Monday (3/14/22). The MWRD, which occupies most of Cook County, plus a few townships...
by Illinois Green Party | Feb 24, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, MWRD, News
Like all candidates in Illinois, we are required to collect signatures in order to get on the ballot. Usually for Greens this means collecting between 5 and 25 times more signatures than their recognized party counter parts. Luckily, our past runs for MWRD (over a...
by Illinois Green Party | Jan 25, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, MWRD, News
The Illinois Green Party holds an established party status in the The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) and is currently gathering petitions for ballot access. Cook County Green Party and Illinois Green Party Recognized Candidates for...
by Steve Alesch | Mar 22, 2021 | Ballot Access, Bill Endorsement, Issues Statements, News
The synopsis of the Illinois House’s Equal Ballot Access Bill (HB2398) is “Amends the Election Code. Changes signature requirements for new political parties and independent candidates so the amounts are equal to those required for established political...
