Chicago Election Law Attorney, Ross D. Secler, was honored to be a member of the panel of presenters at this year’s annual election law seminar, “Running for Public Office: How to Get on the Ballot and Win.”
On May 13th, Ross Secler was pleased to present a legislative and case law update to the Chicago Bar Association Election Law Committee. Highlights included a discussion of further “suffrage at 17” developments, the status of various legislative redistricting amendments, and the outcome of his appellate case, Fallis & McItyre v. Cook County Officers Electoral…
With the March 2016 primaries just around the corner, there are a particular subset of candidates whose campaigns face significantly stricter regulation beyond the normally complex election and campaign finance laws in Illinois: Judicial Candidates. In light of the recent US Supreme Court decision in Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar that upheld Florida’s ban on judicial…
US Supreme Court decision to uphold independent redistricting and what it means for Illinois