Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:34:28 -0700 (MST)
From: liberty@ameriroots.com ("Orville R. Weyrich_Jr.")
Subject: [lpaz-repost] Cook County ballot rigging may void election
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:34:20 -0400
From: Ken S. <shining@direcway.com>
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Subject: [PACEbiz] Cook County ballot rigging may void election

Cook County ballot rigging may void election

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 10, 2002, 9pm CST

http://www.sailorvsthemachine.com/releases/101002-2nr.htm

Contact
Andrew Spiegel, Esq., Libertarian Party of Illinois General Counsel,
630.567.5379
Austin Hough, State Chair, Libertarian Party of Illinois, 630.378.4593
Les Cut-The-Taxes Golden, Republican candidate for 78th District State
Representative, 708.848.6677
Illinois State Board of Elections, 312.814.6440 or 312.814.6431
Cook County State Board of Elections, 312.603.0906

Web sites
Libertarian Party of Illinois
Illinois State Board of Elections

Today the Illinois State Board of Elections took action against the Cook
County Board of Elections for illegally altering ballot names, ordering the
County Board to immediately restore the names as they appear on the ballot
as officially certified by the State Board.

In violation of the Illinois Constitution, Illinois Election Code, and the
US Constitution, the County Board unlawfully edited candidate names on the
ballot, removing nicknames at their whim. The ballot rigging affects
Stephanie Vs. The Machine Sailor, the Libertarian candidate for 9th
District US Representative and Les Cut-the-Taxes Golden, the Republican
candidate for 78th District State Representative. State election law allows
candidates to include their nicknames on the ballot.

Sailor vs. The Machine. Its my nickname. Its my website. Its my
branding. Its my identity, says Sailor. The Cook County Board may not
like my nickname but that doesnt authorize them to illegally delete it as
they so desire.

Their unlawful activities have placed the etire election in jeopardy. With
this kind of Machine running the show, theres no such thing as a free and
fair election.

If the County Board fails to comply to the State Boards demands by 4:30pm,
October 15, 2002, the entire election may be upset in the 9th US
Congressional District and 78th State Representative District, as Illinois
Supreme Court has held that an election using an invalid ballot can be
declared null and void in that particular electoral district.

A.L. Zimmer, General Counsel of the State Board, sent a strong letter late
today to David Orr, County Clerk and Chairman of the Election Board,
demanding that they comply to the law.

The rule of law and a free and fair election are in peril due to the Cook
County Boards illegal ballot actions. Perhaps we need international
election observers in Cook County, just like in other developing nations,
states Andrew Spiegel, General Counsel to the Libertarian Party of Illinois.

If the public took a closer look at what happens in the election process,
they would find what occurred in Florida with Bush vs. Gore is the rule, not
the exception. Shenanigans over elections start long before the first vote
is even cast.

Attorney Burt Odelson appeared at the hearing today on behalf of Democrat
Deborah Graham, the opponent to Les Cut-the-Taxes Golden in the 78th State
Representative District. Odelson objected to the County Boards altering of
the official ballot, in fear that the unauthorized changes could render te
November 5 election null and void, and the court may order a new election.

This is a tragedy. Individuals have to obey the law but Cook County
government officials can disregard the law as they please, says Golden.

Due process, freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, and equal protection
are foreign phrases to Cook County government. They were hoping nobody would
notice the name alterations until we went to vote.

Odelson is considering joining any legal actions the State Board may take
against the County Board. Sailor and Golden are considering further legal
action if the County Board fails to comply with the law.

Currently, there are four cases pending in the Illinois Appellate Court
concerning ballot access for six other Libertarian candidates.

Now the State Board knows what its like when an electoral board violates
the Election Code and the Constitution in order to rig an election, says
Spiegel.

A call has gone out for independent election servers to oversee the ballot
vote in Illinois to ensure a free and fair election.

For further information, please contact Andrew Spiegel at 630.567.5379.
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