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" Democrats want to make sure they only have to face Republicans, who are usually morally and politically indistinguishable from them. Both branches of the controlling political machine work to keep anyone else off the ballot by any means possible. "

" Steve Brown's comments are beneath contempt and factually inaccurate. The Green Party only obtained ballot access last year, after Rich Whitney got 10% of the vote for governor. This is the first year that Greens have operated under major party rules. If the Democrats can still kick the Greens off after obtaining major party status, then the bar is still too high. The Democratic Party hacks who took part in this should be ashamed of themselves. "

" Now I don't particularly like the Green Party nor anything that it stands for, but they absolutely have the right to be on the ballot. Rational Humanist is right, and the system is geared towards keeping the two parties in power in power. Here's an example: Did you know that in Illinois your primary vote can be discarded if you signed a petition for a candidate that is not of the same party whose primary you are voting in? I have signed dozens of petitions for candidates that are not of my chosen party because I very strongly believe they have the same rights as anyone else to run for office. Too bad I guess that means my primary vote does not count. "

" Robert Mugabe would be proud. "

" The democrat party has disinfranchised voters in Michigan ,Florida and now Illinois. "

" This is yet another example of the stinking slime which underlies the American political system. GOP or Dems, dirty tricks are an epidemic. "Two-Party" rule is really wholly anti-democratic and Un-Constitutional. These constant "challenges" to petitions and ballots are just a mechanism for excluding those who do not buy into the major party BS from the electoral process. "

" Kind of challenges the concept of DEMOCRATIC don't you think? Why is it that the Democrat Party is the one that continually "fixes" the election system in IL to only allow the two sides of THE PARTY to run for office? What is it that the Chicago DemoRepublicrats are afraid of? Could it be free choice? Could it be fair and honest elections? To hear the PARTY leaders talk, NO 3rd Party candidate will ever actually have a chance in any elections, so why should they fear letting them on the ballot? "

" The Democrats have absolutely no right to interfere in the candidate selection process of another party. The Greens followed the correct procedures. Luckily, there are 10 more Green candidates for Congress on the ballot, along with dozens for state and local offices.

Also of note, both Kalbfleisch and Hill are recently returned Iraq War veterans. This is seriously how the Democrats want to support the troops? They go and fight their wars, come home, and get barred from attempting to serve their country further? Is there any better way to honor our veterans? "