Keyes Likely On Illinois Ballot

Posted December 13th, 2007 at 09:30 PM by Mark Shelden
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In a bit of good news for County Clerks and military folks hoping to get their ballots in a timely fashion, just one Republican presidential candidate's nominating papers were challenged in the December filing period.  And the objection against Alan Keyes is not likely to be upheld.

The source of the objection is Richard Mayers, of Berwyn Illinois, who is affiliated with Matthew Hale's World Church of the Creator.  The basis of the objection is that the Constitution was never intended to allow a black man to be president and is similar to an objection filed against Barack Obama by the same Mayers.  The view pretty much aligns with his views that I found at this website.

Creator Richard Mayers announces plans to run for the 3rd Congressional Seat. If elected, he promises to “outlaw interracial marriage, deport black prisoners to Africa, and abolish the metric system."

The irony here is that if Mayers really wanted Keyes off the ballot it would have been simple.  Keyes didn't even file. Rather, a volunteer mailed in 5 petition sheets to the State Board of Elections, without a statement of candidacy, and the State Board of Elections accepted it as a filing.  There aren't many people who couldn't have successfully challenged the filing.  But apparently the master race folks just aren't that smart.

 

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John Farney's picture
On December 13th, 2007 at 10:59 PM, John Farney said:

I hate Illinois Nazis . . . .

IlliniPundit's picture
On December 14th, 2007 at 10:05 AM, IlliniPundit said:

"There aren't many people who couldn't have successfully challenged the filing.  But apparently the master race folks just aren't that smart."

:-)

On December 14th, 2007 at 10:11 AM, Zeleni (not verified) said:

Mayers didn't just file against Keyes and Obama.  He filed against every single Democratic and Green presidential candidate, as well as Green candidates for Municipal Water Reclamation, Congress, State Representative, and Ward Committeeperson.  All objections were filed on notebook paper without specifiic objections to signatures, just that there weren't enough and he suspected fraud.  He didn't even live in some of the wards!  All of his objections have been thrown out so far, and I expect this one will especially since he opted to submit a racist rant instead of pretending to have even a semblance of an actual objection.