Judge Blocks Illinois Election Law That Repealed Slating, Deems It Unconstitutional

An Illinois judge has blocked enforcement of a controversial election law recently signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker that barred political parties from appointing candidates to fill out general election ballots where the party did not field a primary candidate, known as slating. Judge Gail Noll granted a permanent injunction in an order on June 5 at the Circuit Court for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, Sangamon County, Illinois, blocking enforcement of the slating repeal for the current election cycle for plaintiffs in a lawsuit that challenged the slating repeal. The judge noted that the slating repeal as it applied to a number of prospective candidates in the November general election was unconstitutional because it “impermissibly burdens their right to vote and to have their names placed on the November ballot.”...