Comment #3

time*treat — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:23:07 GMT

... and somewhere an angel gets his wings. ;-)

Comment #2

Rick G — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:25:11 GMT

I thought the qualifications were clear enough. He doesn't qualify. He was a landlord not a resident.

Comment #1

JAP69 — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:01:43 GMT

I read that part of the requirement some time ago after he filed.<br />That to me means to live "physicaly" in the city excepting for short periods of time to be out of town for pleasure or work related trips. <br />They need to define that requirement of living in the city more clearly for future elections. The catch words are "have lived".

Original Blog Entry: Court Says Rahm Emanuel Not Eligible to Run for Mayor of Chicago

truesee — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:54:42 GMT

January 24, 2011, 1:27 pm

Court Says Rahm Emanuel Not Eligible to Run for Mayor

MONICA DAVEY

NY Times

CHICAGO An Illinois appeals court panel has ruled that Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff, does not qualify to run for mayor of Chicago in next month s election.

The ruling, which was announced on Monday, comes as a significant and unexpected setback for Mr. Emanuel, who has been a front-runner both in polls and in fundraising in the race to replace Richard M. Daley, the city s longest serving mayor, who will retire this spring.

The question of Mr. Emanuel s residency and whether he had lived in Chicago long enough to appear on the city s ballot had been a matter of debate since Mr. Emanuel departed the White House last fall to run for mayor.

Mr. Emanuel contended that he had always maintained a home in Chicago, the city where he was born, and that his time at the White House was a matter of national service. But Mr. Emanuel s opponents said that Mr. Emanuel did not meet the state s residency requirements to run for a mayoralty, one of which is to have lived in the city for a year before the day of the election. His return to Chicago in the fall, they argued, was too late to qualify for a Feb. 22 ballot.

The Chicago Board of Elections concurred with Mr. Emanuel, as had a Cook County trial judge. But a three-judge panel of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled against him, 2 to 1. With time running short and ballot arrangements already being finalized, the issues seemed certain to go to the state Supreme Court.

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