by Illinois Green Party | Jun 11, 2020 | Ballot Access, Elections, News
Sign the following e-petitions if you are a registered voter and live in the districts where the following candidates are currently petitioning to get on the Illinois 2020 November ballot. Not sure if you are a registered voter and/or what district you live in? No...
by Illinois Green Party | Apr 24, 2020 | Ballot Access, Elections, News
Justice is something for which we constantly struggle but only occasionally obtain in the U.S. legal system. Once in a while, though, we get a measure of it. And we are pleased to announce that this just occurred in the lawsuit we recently filed in the Northern...
by Illinois Green Party | Apr 10, 2020 | Ballot Access, Elections, News
We have less than 3 months (March 24th – June 22nd) to collect 50,000 signatures from registered Illinois voters. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, we are taking legal action to seek relief from these petitioning requirements. In the meantime we are circulating the...
by Illinois Green Party | Apr 2, 2020 | Ballot Access, Elections, News
The Illinois Green Party and Libertarian Party have jointly filed suit in US District Court, requesting that the petition signature requirement for the statewide ballot be waived or suspended for the current election cycle due to the COVID public health crisis. Read...
by Illinois Green Party | Mar 24, 2020 | Ballot Access, Elections
But Greens Demand Emergency Relief Due to Coronavirus Pandemic Wheaton, Illinois (March 24, 2020). The Illinois Green Party (ILGP) has placed its presidential candidate on the statewide election ballot in every presidential year since 2008, with over 117,000 Illinois...
by Illinois Green Party | Mar 19, 2020 | Ballot Access, Elections, News
Dear Governor Pritzker, President Harmon, Speaker Madigan, and Director Sandvoss, For months, the Green Party has been preparing for the start of the petitioning period applicable to “new” political parties, which begins on March 24, 2020, and ends on June 22, 2020....