Attorney Burt Odelson, a noted elction-law expert, is predicting Rahm Emanuel will be ineligible for mayor because he is not a legal resident of Chicago
Posted on 10/04/2010 7:05:29 PM PDT by RobinMasters
While President Obama's eligibility to be president as a "natural born" citizen under Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution is increasingly being questioned by millions of Americans, former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is not eligible to run for mayor of Chicago, contends a top elections law lawyer in the Windy City.
"Elections law clearly specifies that a candidate for mayor in Chicago must have been a resident of Illinois for at least a year before running for election," attorney Burt Odelson told WND. "Emanuel is a resident of Washington, D.C., where he lives with his wife and family, not Chicago."
Odelson, a Chicago-based attorney who has been practicing municipal and elections law for 38 years, cited Illinois law regarding the qualifications for elective office, 65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(a), which states, "A person is not eligible for an elective municipal office unless that person is a qualified elector of the municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one year next preceding the election or appointment."
Odelson argued Obama is more qualified to run for mayor in Chicago than Emanuel.
"President Obama has a residence in Chicago," he pointed out. "Obama has not rented out his Chicago residence and he visits it regularly."
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My God, is there anybody eligible in this administration ?
Well certainly none QUALIFIED for the positions they hold.
Obama doesn’t have a residence in Chicago, Tony Rezko does.
Get used to saying, "Mayor Emmanuel." If the people of Chicago don't want him, the Vacationing One will simply decree it by E.O.
Attorney Burt Odelson, a noted elction-law expert, is predicting Rahm Emanuel will be ineligible for mayor because he is not a legal resident of Chicago
Does this matter for a Democrat in Chicago....
Yeah...next thing you know they’ll be saying you have to be alive to vote in Chicago.
Eligibility has never stopped a Chicago Thug before, why should a little thing like eligibility interfere now?
Rules don’t count in Chi-town.
Yeah...next thing you know they’ll be saying you have to be alive to vote in Chicago.
Yeah, or that you can only vote once per election. What is this world coming to?
And there was a piece circulated on the Net over a year ago to the effect that Twinkle Toes Emanuel had his home addresss expunged from the Cook County Tax rolls by his buds down at the courthouse. I went into those PUBLIC records and, in fact, found NO listing for his home there.
Obama.
Well, seriously, who would want to live there with the outrageous taxes, corruption, and crime?
'cmon! Now you're just talkin' crazy man! ;-/
No doubt, they will find a loophole and gain Emanuel some positive press in the precess..
If that is the law, then it is very poorly worded. It doesn't say "the year immediately preceding the election," therefore it could be interpreted to mean any one year before the election, ie, a year five years ago. No?
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