Rahm is back on the ballot

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http://www.suntimes.com/3483600-417/emanuel-court-supre...


Supreme Court will hear appeal of ruling knocking Emanuel off ballot


By ABDON M. PALLASCH AND FRAN SPIELMAN

Last Modified: Jan 25, 2011 06:39PM
The Illinois Supreme Court threw mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel at least a temporary lifeline Tuesday, agreeing to hear his appeal of Monday’s appellate court order knocking him off the ballot.
Chicago Board of Elections Chairman Langdon Neal called the Waukegan company that began printing the city’s election ballots Tuesday and literally told them “Stop the presses!”

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Based on Monday’s ruling by the state appellate court that Emanuel did not meet the state’s one-year residency requirement to run for mayor, the board had removed Emanuel’s name from the ballot. On Tuesday, after the state supreme court stayed the appellate court’s order, the board added Emanuel’s name back on the ballot and resumed printing.
“Almost 300,000 ballots had actually already been printed,” Neal said. “Now, they’re re-formatting the ballot to include the name of Rahm Emanuel on the ballot and that printing will then begin again.”

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Attorneys for both sides shifted gears from furiously writing briefs to sitting back, catching their breath and hoping for the best.
Emanuel was asked three times if he agreed that the Supreme Court of Illinois was the last stop fot this question of state law or if a ruling against him would prompt him to take his case to the federal courts.
“First it’s got to go to the Supreme Court,” was all he would say.

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1. That was fast.

doesn't rahm know that he is supposed to get a high ranking position at Goldman?