Emanuel Back on Ballot; Court Will Hear Case
CHICAGO — The Illinois Supreme Court puffed life back into Rahm Emanuel’s mayoral campaign on Tuesday when it restored his name to the city’s ballots, at least for now, and agreed to decide whether he should be allowed to run for mayor. The decisions arrived at a dizzying pace, only a day after a panel of the Illinois Appellate Court had ordered Mr. Emanuel’s name stricken from the ballot, saying his time in Washington as White House chief of staff meant that he failed to meet a requirement of residing in Chicago for a year before the Feb. 22 election. The Supreme Court’s orders were seen as a positive sign for Mr. Emanuel (the court could have chosen to…
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