Articles filed under Libertarian Party
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Lester: IHSA lacks guidelines on coaching abuse
May 2, 2016 10:18 AM - It's been 40 years since Dennis Hastert sexually abused students he coached at Yorkville High School, but even now, the state's governing body of high school sports, the Illinois High School Association, has no guidelines in place that aim to prevent such abuses from occurring. -
Judge rules Libertarian candidate can be on ballot
Sep 18, 2014 5:37 PM - A Sangamon County judge on Thursday rejected the Republican Party's attempt to have a Libertarian candidate for Illinois governor struck from the Nov. 4 ballot. -
GOP appeal seeks to knock Libertarian off ballotSep 17, 2014 11:08 PM - SPRINGFIELD -- A Sangamon County judge is considering an appeal by Republican attorneys to remove a Libertarian candidate for Illinois governor from the November ballot. Circuit Judge Patrick Kelley heard arguments Wednesday in Springfield over the appeal, in which the GOP attorneys question the validity of the voter signatures Chad Grimm, a Lake Zurich High School alumnus now living in Peoria, gathered to get on the ballot. Grimm could draw votes that otherwise would go to Republican candidate Bruce Rauner.
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Libertarian allowed on gubernatorial ballot
Aug 22, 2014 8:35 PM - The Illinois State Board of Elections voted Friday that Libertarian candidates for governor and lieutenant governor can appear on the ballot Nov. 4. -
Rand Paul to deliver tea party response to ObamaFeb 8, 2013 4:27 PM - The Tea Party Express, one of the largest organizations in the movement, said Friday that Kentucky senator Rand Paul will deliver its response to the state of the union speech.
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System broken for enforcing campaign finance rulesSep 24, 2011 4:00 AM - A Daily Herald editorial says the state elections board must do a better job of collecting the fines it levies for violations of campaign finance rules. Otherwise, its existence is pointless.
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Giannoulias talks up Libertarian in attempt to siphon votes from Kirk
Feb 8, 2011 3:23 PM - An Oak Brook Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate got a boost Thursday from an unlikely source - Democrat Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias, who gave props to Mike Labno while predicting his Republican opponent will fall victim to tea party wrath. -
Carpentersville man wants to make run as Libertarian in 14th District
Mar 25, 2010 12:01 AM - Doug Marks spent 2008 and much of 2009 in an immersion experience with what he quickly came to see as problems in the United States that need fixing.
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