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STEVENSON v. STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 86-1818, 86-1836.

794 F.2d 1176 (1986)

Adlai E. STEVENSON, Julia K. Beckman, Donald M. Prince, and Michael J. Donohue, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, Richard A. Cowen, Theresa M. Petrone, Carolyn R. Eyre, J. Phil Gilbert, Joshua Johnson, John J. Lanigan, David E. Murray, and Langdon D. Neal, Defendants-Appellees, Mark Fairchild, Dominick J. Jeffrey, George M. Laurence, and Elma J. Washington, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew L. Frey, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill. for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael J. Hayes, Office of Ill. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Russell J. Stewart, Park Ridge, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of an Illinois statute that requires persons seeking to run as independent candidates for state and county offices to file with the state 323 days before the general election. Ill.Rev.Stat., ch. 46, par. 10-2. For the reasons stated by the district court, Stevenson v. State Board of Elections, 638 F.Supp. 547 (N.D.Ill. 1986), we hold that the statute is constitutionally...

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