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Rahm Emanuel booted off ballot in 2-1 Appellate Court decisi

hypocritexposer

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Rahm Emanuel booted off ballot in 2-1 Appellate Court decision

BY ABDON M. PALLASCH

Political Reporter

Last Modified: Jan 24, 2011 12:09PM

Rahm Emanuel was thrown off the ballot for mayor of Chicago today by an appellate court panel, a stunning blow to the fund-raising leader in the race.

An appellate panel ruled 2-1 that Emanuel did not meet the residency standard to run for mayor.

Appellate judges Thomas Hoffman and Shelvin Louise Marie Hall ruled against Emanuel. Justice Bertina Lampkin voted in favor of keeping President Obama’s former chief of staff on the Feb. 22 ballot.

“It’s a surprise,” said Kevin Forde, the attorney who argued on Emanuel’s behalf.

Emanuel’s attorneys are expected to use Lampkin’s dissenting opinion to appeal the case to the Illinois Supreme Court.

In today’s ruling, Hoffman wrote: “We ... order that the candidate’s name be excluded (or if, necessary, be removed) from the ballot from Chicago’s Feb. 22, 2011.”

Emanuel had won two previous rulings — by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners and a Cook County judge. The case was appealed to the appellate court, which handed down the ruling before noon Monday.

Opponents have argued Emanuel is not a resident of Chicago because he rented out his North Side home while serving as chief of staff to Obama. The renter —Rob Halpin — refused to allow Emanuel to move back in after Mayor Daley’s announcement last year that he would not seek re-election. Halpin briefly ran for mayor himself.

http://www.suntimes.com/3469419-417/emanuel-appellate-mayor-ballot-chicago.html



Oldtimer said:
Tam I still say- wanta bet? From CBS:
"If you are a registered voter and continueto vote from your residence, you establish what we consider the intentto be aresident of the city of Chicago," Chicago Election Board Chairman Langdon Neal said
. From the AP:
Dawn Clark Netsch, a law professor and constitutional scholar who helped write the Illinois Constitution, said called residency "a matter of intent." "If you registerto vote and vote that's a pretty good sign of intent and therefore residency," Netsch said.
And from the self-same Sun-Times article:
"It's the sense of the election board that if you keep ownership of the property, keep your registration there, you've voted absentee, as far as we know he hasn't registered anywhere else, it's just like members of the military who serve overseas in Iraq -- we don't deny them the rightto vote; people who take corporate assignments overseas, and lease out their home as a fact of life, it doesn't mean they've left permanently," Chicago Board of Elections spokesman Jim Allen said.
Rahm never sold his Chicago home and continuedto vote from here, establishing his intent in a way that seemsto satisfy electoral scholars and Board of Elections members. So why has the residencyquestion gained so much attention? It could just be the machinations of a lawyer aligned with his opponents. Or it could be the frenzy of a media obsessed withRahm's every move. But apart from all that, the issue may have stuck around because ittouches on the real problem withRahm's candidacy. The biggest hurdle he'll haveto overcome in his bid for Chicago mayor won't be provingto a judge that he's technically aresident. It'll be provingto the people that he actually is -- showing Chicagoans that his years in D.C. haven't put him out oftouch with the very particular and very serious concerns of this city.
 

hypocritexposer

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katrina said:
Yesssssssssss there is a God..........

This might be a good crisis, will he waste it? :lol:



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Tam

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This is GREAT NEWS but don't worry he will be back seems scum always finds it's way to the top :roll:
 

Tam

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I told you scum seems to get to the top, the Supreme Court order his name to remain on ballot and agreed to hear the appeal. He'll be back on and use every crisis he can create to push his corrupt agenda just watch. :x
 

Tam

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Faster horses said:
It just never ends with some of these people, does it???? :x

No it doesn't. SCUM always finds it's way to the top and when the swamp is drained the SCUM is all that is left when it refills the scum rises to the top again YOU CAN"T GET RID OF IT. :mad:
 

Steve

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Supreme Court ordered his name to remain on ballot and agreed to hear the appeal

for as much as I would like to see him not get the Job,

I am a bit torn on this.. as retired Military, often the residency law has been used to throw out our votes and not allow fair participation in the electoral process..

a ruling in favor of Rhalm, would be a ruling that protects those in the services residency rights.

over the years in the service as I tried to vote I was often asked what my "permanent" South Dakota address was.. I didn't have one... so I couldn't vote in the county or any other election...
 

hopalong

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Tam said:
Talk about scum and guess who shows up.

You wouldn't be talking about Lulu, allie,kolo= jungo2 would you??? Of course you would she hits at you just like she did in her other persona's :wink: :wink: :wink:
 

Tam

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Steve said:
Supreme Court ordered his name to remain on ballot and agreed to hear the appeal

for as much as I would like to see him not get the Job,

I am a bit torn on this.. as retired Military, often the residency law has been used to throw out our votes and not allow fair participation in the electoral process..

a ruling in favor of Rhalm, would be a ruling that protects those in the services residency rights.

over the years in the service as I tried to vote I was often asked what my "permanent" South Dakota address was.. I didn't have one... so I couldn't vote in the county or any other election...

Did you have a permanent address somewhere other than SD that you were able to vote at?

I have no "permanent" address in any state but I was legally qualified to vote in the state I last lived which was Montana. I used my parents ranch address as that was the last place I lived before leaving the US for Canada. Totally legal according to the US election rules.
 

hypocritexposer

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I'm sorta on the fence too, but he did move his family to DC, unlike many that go to DC. Has it been determined that he voted in the Chicago district?

And then there is the fact that he amended his tax return to show that he was a Chicago resident.
 

Steve

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Tam said:
Steve said:
Supreme Court ordered his name to remain on ballot and agreed to hear the appeal

for as much as I would like to see him not get the Job,

I am a bit torn on this.. as retired Military, often the residency law has been used to throw out our votes and not allow fair participation in the electoral process..

a ruling in favor of Rhalm, would be a ruling that protects those in the services residency rights.

over the years in the service as I tried to vote I was often asked what my "permanent" South Dakota address was.. I didn't have one... so I couldn't vote in the county or any other election...

Did you have a permanent address somewhere other than SD that you were able to vote at?

I have no "permanent" address in any state but I was legally qualified to vote in the state I last lived which was Montana. I used my parents ranch address as that was the last place I lived before leaving the US for Canada. Totally legal according to the US election rules.

the rules have a few flaws,.. like if a person challenges your ballot on residency.. they have to be able to verify it.. which seldom happens before an election.

soon after I joined the service, my parents moved to a different county, the clerk in the county where I grew up, informed me that with out an address in the county I couldn't vote, (the law at the time and might still be) and the one in Minnehaha was a real piece of work, she said that with out me "establishing" residence I could not vote there either.. by then it was to late to vote for that year,
so I got a hold of the clerk in the county I grew up in and used another relatives address.. but It was a struggle for my entire career, between rejected applications and rejected absentee ballots, it didn't leave me with a respect for residency laws.. let alone election laws..

sadly the law is the law and the elections officials are bound by that law..

The Military (or anyone serving our country) should be able to vote without jumping though hurdles. (or wondering if someone is going to challenge your residency status)


BTW it wasn't the clerks fault, it was circumstances and the law, she is a very close friend of the family.. and over the years she has been one of the most helpful county official I could ever find.. and a true Godsend at times.. such as when my mother passed away..
 

Tam

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Steve said:
Tam said:
Steve said:
for as much as I would like to see him not get the Job,

I am a bit torn on this.. as retired Military, often the residency law has been used to throw out our votes and not allow fair participation in the electoral process..

a ruling in favor of Rhalm, would be a ruling that protects those in the services residency rights.

over the years in the service as I tried to vote I was often asked what my "permanent" South Dakota address was.. I didn't have one... so I couldn't vote in the county or any other election...

Did you have a permanent address somewhere other than SD that you were able to vote at?

I have no "permanent" address in any state but I was legally qualified to vote in the state I last lived which was Montana. I used my parents ranch address as that was the last place I lived before leaving the US for Canada. Totally legal according to the US election rules.

the rules have a few flaws,.. like if a person challenges your ballot on residency.. they have to be able to verify it.. which seldom happens before an election.

soon after I joined the service, my parents moved to a different county, the clerk in the county where I grew up, informed me that with out an address in the county I couldn't vote, (the law at the time and might still be) and the one in Minnehaha was a real piece of work, she said that with out me "establishing" residence I could not vote there either.. by then it was to late to vote for that year,
so I got a hold of the clerk in the county I grew up in and used another relatives address.. but It was a struggle for my entire career, between rejected applications and rejected absentee ballots, it didn't leave me with a respect for residency laws.. let alone election laws..

sadly the law is the law and the elections officials are bound by that law..

The Military (or anyone serving our country) should be able to vote without jumping though hurdles. (or wondering if someone is going to challenge your residency status)


BTW it wasn't the clerks fault, it was circumstances and the law, she is a very close friend of the family.. and over the years she has been one of the most helpful county official I could ever find.. and a true Godsend at times.. such as when my mother passed away..

Taken from the US Embassy Consular Services Canada

Under U.S. law, qualified American citizens residing abroad may register and vote by absentee ballot in their state of last residence.

Taken from Public Service Alliance of Canada

Voting Rights for dual or resident U.S. citizens

American citizens living in Canada can vote in U.S. elections. If you are a U.S. or dual (U.S/Canadian) citizen, you can vote in all Federal U.S. elections. The 2008 presidential election may be the most important one in decades. Exercise your right to vote! Just go to www.votefromabroad.org and follow the instructions to get your absentee ballot.

At www.votefromabroad.org, you will need to choose your voting state, which is the last state where you lived. If you never lived in the U.S., but both or one of your parents are American citizens, then choose the state where they last lived. You will need U.S. ID: your state driver’s license, if you still have it, and your U.S. social security number (last four digits only). Some states require your U.S. passport number.

Challenge away as I have proof of where I lived and went to school. Besides Oldtimer will beable to verify it for me. :wink: If I can vote with no residence by using my parents home where I last lived then why shouldn't you have been able to use the last residence you lived at IE your SD residence whether your parents lived there or not, should make no difference it is where you last lived that matters according to the election laws.
 

Tam

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hopalong said:
But Tam oldtimer also said he has seen Obama's birth certificate so is that a very credible witness :D

Can you imagine the clearing of his throat, shuffleing of feet and delays in answering if someone from Montana Elections office actually called him to verify where I grew up? My bet is he would rather give up booze for a week than to have to verify I'm a US citizen which qualifies me to vote in US elections. :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
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