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STONE v. BOARD OF ELECTION COM'RS FOR CHICAGO

No. 11-1085.

643 F.3d 543 (2011)

Jay STONE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS FOR the CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 4, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher C. Cooper , Ph.D. (argued), Attorney, Merrillville, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Terrence M. Burns (argued), Attorney, Dykema Gossett , Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Most major American cities have some mechanism—a filing fee, a signature requirement, or both—to limit the number of mayoral candidates on the election ballot. In Chicago, however, where it regularly appears that money and politics go hand and hand, there is no filing fee for mayoral candidates. On the other hand, candidates must gather signatures from 12,500 registered voters over a 90-day period in order to become ballot-eligible...

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