In the middle of the 2024 campaign season, the State of Illinois has rigged its elections to ensure Democrats hold their majorities. In a move that has drawn zero mention from the supposed stalwart “defenders of democracy” in the press, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law changing ballot access rules that will allow multiple members of his party to run unopposed.
The move guarantees that Democrats will face no real opposition to the size of their majorities in the state’s general assembly.
Democrats already enjoy legislative supermajorities in the Illinois House and Senate thanks to district maps drawn by party leaders following the 2020 federal census that were crafted to minimize Republican opposition.
But the election bill given final approval by Senate Democrats Thursday, a day after the bill passed the House, would further help Democrats maintain control in the next General Assembly.
Under the new law, local political party organizations can no longer appoint candidates to fill out legislative ballots where the party did not field a primary candidate. Previous law allowed the appointment process within 75 days of the primary.
In short, the rules have been changed in the middle of the game, one of the most undemocratic things imaginable. By moving the primary up a month and no longer allowing “slating,” Republican candidates counting on ballot access under the normal order will now be frozen out, allowing Democrats to run unopposed. There simply isn’t enough time to reset.
Come lets be honest here WE NEED TO Stop calling them democrats.
These useful idiots are comrades in arms
When they let Bernie in that day they became the democratic socialist party.
Outright marxist!!