Conservative Citizen Journalist and Co-Founder of Patriots Heart Network, Chalice Jackson (AKA Sharon Meroni) has been fighting the Eligibility issue in Illinois politics for about a year now.
Chalice has been fighting to get the Illinois Board of Elections to verify the citizenship status of all candidates on her ballot. She has learned that Illinois does not verify the citizenship status of ANY candidate running for office in Illinois.
In June 2010 Chalice challenged 32 candidates who had applied for “Ballot Position” on her ballot for the November election. Not unexpectedly, the Illinois Board of Elections voted to deny her right to discern the Constitutional qualifications of the candidates who seek to be on her ballot.
The Hearing was held on Friday August 6th, 2010 in a small room at the Illinois Board of Elections, simul-broadcasting in Chicago and Springfield.
This is a clip of some of the more important points. The full testimony lasted about 30 minutes. This is the first of a series of videos and audios we will release about the hearing.
You can follow Chalice as she progresses through the Court by joining www.patriotsheart.us. Chalice updates in the forum and in her blog there
*Chalice Jackson is an “Internet pseudonym” used by Sharon Meroni
Meroni was told that Illinois law didn’t require a candidate to show her the candidate’s birth certificate. Meroni wasn’t satisfied with this answer, so she claimed the law should be changed. By the board. It declined. So Meroni went to court. The courts patiently explained that the legislature changes the law. Meroni appealed. Same result.
So what’s she doing now? Is she asking the legislature to change the law? Of course not. She’s embarking on the same path as last year’s failure. It doesn’t seem to me that she is serious about this. Why isn’t she asking the legislature to change the law? The board and the courts can’t.
Strange for such a patriot to be doing this. Can anyone explain to me why?
“Strange for such a patriot to be doing this. Can anyone explain to me why?”
It is very easy to explain: dain bramage.