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CITIZENS FOR J.W. MOORE PARTY v. BD. OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 87-2171.

845 F.2d 144 (1988)

CITIZENS FOR JOHN W. MOORE PARTY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF the CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodora M. Rand, Roger Baldwin Found. of ACLU, Inc., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

A.L. Zimmer, Ill. State Bd. of Elections, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

John W. Moore and his political party contend that § 10-4 of the Illinois Election Code, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 46 § 10-4, violates the first amendment to the Constitution. Section 10-4 prevents anyone from collecting signatures on behalf of different parties during the same election season. It kept Moore out of the race for the Illinois House of Representatives in 1982, because Moore first qualified for and then withdrew from a primary...

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