MORGAN v. WHITE

No. 20-1801.

964 F.3d 649 (2020)

William MORGAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jesse WHITE, Secretary of State of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 8, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Mauck , Pat Quinn , Attorneys, Mauck & Baker, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant Committee for the Illinois Democracy Amendment.

Sorin Adrian Leahu , John W. Mauck , Pat Quinn , Attorneys, Mauck & Baker, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants William Morgan, Elizabeth Norden, David Vaught, Doris Davenport, Andrea Raila, and Jackson Paller.

Carson Griffis , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Jesse White, William J. Cadigan, and Katherine O'Brien.

Nicholas Cummings , Alexandra B. MacKey Ruggie , Attorneys, City of Evanston Law Department, Evanston, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Devon Reid.

Jessica M. Scheller , Silvia M. Masters , Attorneys, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Karen A. Yarbrough.

Before Easterbrook, Kanne, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Illinois permits voters to place initiatives and referenda on both local and statewide ballots, but it also requires proponents to collect enough signatures to show that each proposal is likely to have a decent amount of support. The state allows 18 months for proponents to collect signatures. This year that period ended for the State of Illinois...

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