Illinois Is an Absolute Joke

The primary election in Illinois is next Tuesday.  On Wednesday, an Illinois appeals court restored to the ballot a candidate in Democratic Party primary for Cook County Assessor.  She had been previously kicked off the ballot by board of election officials for the kind of broad accusations and technical minutia that seem to run election laws around here.

While the candidate’s name was on the ballot (the elections board didn’t get her kicked off until after the ballots were printed), when I early voted Wednesday morning, there was a sign that she was not a valid candidate and votes for her would not count.  I assume the sign was gone by Wednesday afternoon.  Of course, by Wednesday close to 100,000 people had early voted – without her name effectively on the ballot.

This is just stupid.  This system is broken.  Even Vladimir Putin wouldn’t run an election that looked this bad.  There are people in Springfield who have been there long enough that they know how to fix the laws so this doesn’t happen.  But maybe they like the system the way it is.

As I said, Illinois is an absolute joke.