Nearly all POTUS petitions in Illinois challenged

SPRINGFIELD — In the final hours of the petition objections period, objections were filed in Illinois against four presidential slates for the November general election.

Jeff Fiedler filed the first objection of the day against the Libertarian Party’s presidential slate, which currently had placeholder candidates in Scott Schluter and Lex Green, presumably held for nominee Chase Oliver and running mate Mike ter Maat. No rationale was provided for the reasoning of the objection as of the time of publication.

Fiedler also filed an objection against the Constitutional Party slate of Terry Randall and Stephen Broden. This has been the first attempt for the Constitution Party to get on the ballot since 2014. No reasoning was made available as to the rationale of the objections as of the time of publication.

Joseph Duffy and Zach Koutsky filed objections against the Green Party slate of Dr. Jill Stein and her running mate Samson Kpadenou. Duffy and Koutsky would also file objections against independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his running mate Nicole Shanahan. No rationale was provided for the reasoning of the objections to the Green and independent petitions as of the time of publication.

Early analysis from election experts shows that the potential reasoning for the Libertarian, Green, and Constitution party petition objections could be attributed to not collecting enough signatures.

Kennedy’s campaign turned in over 60,000 signatures last week. The Duffy/Koutsky objection will only be allowed to focus on the first 50,000 signatures, which is the statutory maximum for independent candidates for statewide office, including U.S. Senate and President.

Not receiving objections were independent Heather Stone and new party candidate Christopher Cisco of the Greener Peace Party. Due to not filing with a running mate, the election board could call special objections to the slates, like they have done in 2012, 2016, and 2020, as well as statewide constitutional officer elections in 2014 and 2018. Election statutes require that a presidential candidate file with a listed running mate, Heartland Newsfeed later discovered after publication, or else they’re removed from the ballot, objections or not.

Objection hearings have not been announced by the Illinois State Board of Elections as of publication.

Candidates removed from the ballot due to valid objections will still be able to file as a write-in candidate by September 5, 2024.

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