Comments on: Democrats move to disqualify Rauschenberger

By: Common Sense Clarence Hayward

Common Sense Clarence Hayward — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:05:37 +0000

I think Mike Noland should appeal to the people raising this court case issue to call it off. We don’t need any wasted tax dollars on such a frivolous issue as this. In no way would any Democrat or Republican think Rauschenberger is a Democrat.

Mr. Noland, please show everyone what you stand for and call this ridiculous and taxpayer dollars wasteful court case off immediately.

Democracy needs to be carried out by the best man winning the most votes. Not by any court case that probably will lose anyway and is of a frivolous and wasteful nature of the taxpayer dollars.

Don’t allow the wasting of our tax dollars and the possibility that you might get elected for the wrong reason.

Common Sense Clarence Hayward

By: David J. Reinert

David J. Reinert — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:39:27 +0000

The board ended up tied 4 to 4 in today’s hearing.

By: David J. Reinert

David J. Reinert — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:26:03 +0000

I told you so…Steve Rauschenberger will stay on the ballot for the GOP primary on Feb. 2 and the case will end up in court. If you read my post above you will read that I said; “This case is moot”. There are no grounds for any action here as this is a new election cycle. The last election cycle ended when the county clerk certified the election results and the winners took their respective offices. Thhis is a “no brainer”, whoever is behind this effort better spend some time in the law library at the second district appellate court where i do all of my legal research and have for years. Research the case law that pretains to the Illinois election law and you will learn that I’m right on my position. Rauschenberger stays and will win in the General Election next Nov. Get ready to return to the Illinois GA Steve and get the state in a sound fiscal position so it can pay all of the past due bills. Quinn and Hynes should put politics aside and pay all of the social service agencies who are really in financial trouble.

By: David J. Reinert

David J. Reinert — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:49:58 +0000

Since Elgin Township Clerk Kurt Kojzarek and Elgin attorney Jeff Meyer have file a letter of intent to proceed with a write-in campaign for the Senate seat that Sandy Wegman, who was concern about having GOP representation, will withdraw her name and not follow through with her write-in campaign as the two men mentioned have strong ties with the GOP. If she dose not reconsider her position, I suggest she has other motives. I would assume that the GOP primary voters would only write-in a vote for either Elgin Township Clerk Kurt Kojzarek or Elgin attorney Jeff Meyer. It will be interesting to see what Sandy Wegman deides? I expect she will drop her write-in campaign as she says “she is a team player”.

By: RS

RS — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:38:52 +0000

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/3022

“He encouraged Elgin Township Clerk Kurt Kojzarek and Elgin attorney Jeff Meyer to file as write-in candidates. They have an understanding with Rauschenberger, who now heads the United Republican Fund.
“Both are supporters of mine and we will work after the primary to be sure the Republican nominee is someone with the best chance of winning,” Rauschenberger said of Kojzarek and Meyer.
If one of them wins as a write-in, and Rauschenberger is removed from the primary ballot, they could step down and let party bosses slate Rauschenberger for the general election.
Wegman, who ran against Rauschenberger in the 2006 lieutenant governor’s GOP primary, declined to address Rauschenberger, but the three term county official said she is “a party person” who is a “hard campaigner.”

hmmmm…

“It will take five votes from the state election commission next week to officially kick him off the ballot, which will require at least one Republican member to side with four Democrats.
Then the case is likely to end up in the courts either way, probably delaying the final decision to just weeks or days before the primary.”

By: David J. Reinert

David J. Reinert — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:51:16 +0000

I take it now that two other members of the GOP filed and intent to become candidates for the state Senate seat, that Sandy Wegman is convinced the GOP has coverage and she will not have to go forward with her write-in filing for the seat. She told the Herald that she wanted to make sure the GOP had coverage. Id she dose not go through with her intentions it would remove any cloud of suspicion about her motive.

By: David J. Reinert

David J. Reinert — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:26:18 +0000

The intent of Sandy Wegman to run as a write-in candidate for the GOP smells of another effort to stop Steve Rauschenberger’s bid for election to the Senate seat as a GOP candidate on the Republican primary ballot. Sandy Wegman is the mother of Penny Wegman who ran for Township Assessor in the last Township election and was defeted by 300 votes by her Republican opponent. Penny Wegman is a friend of Mike Noland (as listed on her facebook page)who is the Democrate running in the Feb. 2010 primary for the Senate seat being sought by Rauschenberger. This brings into question a possible motive for Sandy Wegman running as a write-in candidate. I helped Penny Wegman in her Township bid for Assessor and I’m also listed as a friend of hers on her facebook page and she on mine. Penny could not get the Township GOP to slate her for their candidate for Assessor and had to run as a Democrate. Penny became a friend of the Dems during her run for Township Assessor. This brings into question–is this a case of sour grapes? A chance to throw a punch back at the GOP? If Sandy Wegman wanted to run for the Illinois Senate,she could have filed petitions before the December deadline? This smells of Chicago type politics. Before a voter cast a write-in vote for Sandy Wegman, they need to get some answers from Sandy Wegman. I consider myself a friend of the Wegman’s for many years. I think Sandy would want her supporters to understand her motives for running as a write-in candidate for the Illinois Senate seat.

By: David J. Reinert

David J. Reinert — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:00:47 +0000

SAme rules apply as they do for a new election cycle.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:48:35 +0000

What if you voted in a primary and decided to run in the next election as an independent?

By: David J. Reinert

David J. Reinert — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:20:22 +0000

The way I understand the Illinois election law is that each election has a cycle that stands as a new and different election from the past primary and general election. Any candidate who wants to file in the new cycle can file as a member of the party of his/her choice as long as that party is a qualified political party under the law, and if the candidate meets the requirements for the office he/she is seeking. If he/she is a registered voter and meets these requirements he/she may file for the next election cycle. In addition this election is a whole new ballgame. The last election cycle ended when the winning candidates were certified by results of the last election cycle, the votes were counted and certified by the clerk and the cycle was closed. The clerk opened up the new election cycle and stipulated the dates for filing for the new cycle primary and general election pursuant to state law. I sat on the Township election board for 25 years and I would take issue with any election official who misunderstands the rules for each election. This issue has to be heard by court of law as it takes the civil rights away from candidates who wants to exercise his/her constitutional right to seek an office in the current election cycle. Many candidates across the USA have switch political parties after voting in an election cycle for a different party than the one he/she is now filing for a primary election because it is a totally different election cycle. What is being suggested here is that the candidate must wait until 2012 primary and vote for the party he/she intends to represent in the general election. Sorry, that is not the intent of the election law. The intent of the election law is to make sure the new election is ran in a legal manner by the authority in charge without interference from candidates who are looking to gain an advantage for his/her own benefit. If this issue came up before me and my election board, we would have to dismiss the action as being moot.