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Tea Party Candidate Cedra Crenshaw Fights Illinois Democrats to Get on Ballot
[Fox Chicago] On Wednesday, one of Governor Quinn's routine bill signing ceremonies turned into a debate over ballot access and the Tea Party in Illinois.A supporter of Republican and Tea Party activist Cedra Crenshaw jumped up and demanded to know why Democrats supporting incumbent State Sen. A.J. Wilhelmi, who was at the bill signing, had worked to get Crenshaw kicked off the ballot. Crenshaw, a 37-year old mother of three who studied accounting at North Carolina A&T, submitted hundreds more signatures on her nominating petitions than required. But Will County officials knocked her off the November ballot, saying one of the sentences in her filing should have used slightly different wording. "I am angry," said Crenshaw, an African-American who rejects complaints that the Tea Party movement is racist. "And a lot of the voters are very angry, as well. Right here in the State of Illinois, the vote is being denied to the voters of the 43rd State Senate District by a frivolous challenge." Sen. Wilhelmi told me the rules are the rules. "The statute is pretty clear on what you need to do," he said. "So, follow the statute and there are no issues." Sen. Wilhelmi's right. Candidates all across Illinois are trying to kick their opponents off the ballot. We've lost a lot of real jobs, but this is a growth industry pumping big bucks into the pockets of nit-picking lawyers for both Democrats and Republicans. Posted by: Fred 2010-07-16 |
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