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BREAKING: The Illinois Supreme Court has denied a motion for an appeal by plaintiffs opposed to the Bring Chicago Home ballot question, meaning the referendum remains valid and on the ballot pic.twitter.com/qw5xBWE4u3
— Mariah Woelfel (@MariahWoelfel) March 13, 2024
From Crain’s yesterday…
In a March 12 response to that appeal, the city’s deputy corporation counsel urged the Illinois Supreme Court to deny BOMA’s emergency motion for expedited consideration of its petition for leave to appeal.
“There is no emergency,” Myriam Zreczny Kasper wrote in the response. “In the only paragraph of their motion that purports to explain why expedited consideration is necessary, plaintiffs assert that their challenge to a referendum concerns issues ‘that apply to the process itself and must be considered before the March 19 election.’ That is not a valid reason.”
Kasper argued that the referendum itself would not change the law since the City Council must enact the tax if the referendum passes.
…Adding… WBEZ…
“As the Illinois Supreme Court refused to hear this appeal, it is confirmed: all votes cast for the citywide referendum question will be counted and reported by the Chicago Board of Elections on Election Night, March 19th,” Chicago Board of Elections spokesman Max Bever said.
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Mar 13, 24 @ 1:37 pm
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People don’t read anymore. The motion to expedite consideration was granted. The petition for leave to appeal was denied.
Comment by Anon E Moose Wednesday, Mar 13, 24 @ 1:49 pm
@Anon
The motion to expedite consideration *on the petition for leave to appeal* was granted.
The motion to expedite was filed on that specific petition. The petition was then denied.
What am I not reading correctly?
Comment by TheInvisibleMan Wednesday, Mar 13, 24 @ 1:55 pm
I was sensitive to the complaint that if any municipality can place any referendum on the ballot it wants, regardless of its Constitutionality, that is a recipe for trouble in this State. I’ll be curious how this all works out. Someone smarter than me can confirm this, but I read it to mean they have to wait for the referendum to pass to challenge it. Did I get that right?
Comment by Just Me 2 Wednesday, Mar 13, 24 @ 1:57 pm
Related: not sure if this matters at all, but interesting for us civic needs
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/03/13/civic-federation-analysis-bring-chicago-home-referendum-ballot-brandon-johnson-homeless
Comment by Just Me 2 Wednesday, Mar 13, 24 @ 2:17 pm
They must be listening to Chief Justice Robert’s lectures on how to protect institutional integrity.
Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Wednesday, Mar 13, 24 @ 2:18 pm
TheInvisibleMan: Not you, the tweet.
Comment by Anon E Moose Wednesday, Mar 13, 24 @ 5:06 pm