Rahm should return to his job in the Israeli military. On Jan 27, 12:26 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Court Boots Rahm Emanuel From Chicago Mayoral BallotbyWes Barrett| January > 24, 2011 > FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2011, file photo, Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm > Emanuel speaks at a news conference at the Better Boys Foundation in Chicago. > On Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, the Illinois Appeals Court has ruled that Emanuel's > name can't appear on the ballot for Chicago mayor because he didn't live in > the city in the year before the election. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) > An appeals court in Chicago ruled Monday thatRahm Emanueldoesn't meet the > residency requirements to run for mayor of Chicago and ordered his name be > pulled off the ballot. The three judge panel voted 2-1 against Emanuel. > In a major blow to Emanuel's campaign, Monday's ruling overturned a Cook > County Circuit Court ruling that upheld a Chicago Board of Elections decision > to let Emanuel run in the February 22nd election. > The court agreed with Emanuel's contention that he met Chicago's voter > residency standard but added that wasn't enough to allow his run for mayor. > "...a candidate must meet not only the Election Code's voter residency > standard, but also must have actually resided within the municipality for one > year prior to the election, a qualification that the candidate unquestionably > does not satisfy," the ruling stated. > And the ruling may well keep Emanuel's name off the ballot. > "We're going to press with one less candidate for mayor," said Langdon D. > Neal, the chairman of the Board of Election Commissioners for the city of > Chicago. > The residency questions stem from Emanuel's time spent living in Washington > while he served as President Obama's chief of staff. He resigned and moved > back to Chicago in October of 2010 and almost immediately announced his > candidacy for mayor.Click here to read the ruling. > Read > more:http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/01/24/court-boots-rahm-emanuel-chicago-mayoral-ballot#ixzz1CF9n8DTX
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