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Editorial: Law must treat all political parties fairly

November 18, 2011
LaGrange Suburban Life

La Grange, IL —

A legal dispute between a political party and a state agency reveals how grossly incoherent our election law has become.

Laurel Lambert Schmidt of Riverside, who is running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from the state’s 3rd Congressional District, joined the Illinois Green Party in filing a lawsuit last month against the Illinois State Board of Elections. The board ruled that the Green Party does not qualify as an “established political party” for the 2012 elections.