Ill. court issues stay; Rahm back on the ballot

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Ill. court issues stay; Rahm back on the ballot

From NBC's Yang

The Illinois Supreme Court has just issued a stay of the appeals court's order

knocking Rahm Emanuel off the ballot and directing the Chicago Board of Election

Commissioners to restore his name to the ballot.

This is a strong indication that the court will accept the case and, perhaps, of

which way the justices are leaning.

*** UPDATE *** NBC's Pete has more:

Less than 24 hours after an Illinois appeals court bumped Rahm Emanuel off the

ballot for Chicago's election for mayor, the state's supreme court put that

ruling on hold and ordered the city to include his name on any ballots being

printed.

" The Board of Elections is directed that if any ballots are printed while this

Court is considering this case, the ballots should include the name of

petitioner Rahm Emanuel as a candidate for Mayor of the City of Chicago, " the

Supreme Court said in a one-page, unsigned order.

The court said it acted after receiving legal briefs from Emanuel and from his

legal opponents who claimed he was unqualified because he did not meet residency

requirements of state law. Today's order left unresolved whether the state's

high court would take up the entire case on a speeded-up basis, but the order

gave Emanuel the rapid relief he was seeking -- to keep his name on the ballot.

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