IL: Republican Challeges Ballot Access Petititons of ALL Third Party and Independent Slates

From Ballot Access News:

June 28 was the deadline for objections to be filed against Illinois petitions for the nominees of unqualified parties,  and for independent candidates.  All of the statewide minor party and independent petitions have been challenged, including the statewide petitions of the Libertarian and Constitution Parties.

The Green Party is not subject to worries about petition challenges, because it is a qualified party and already nominated its candidates in the February 2010 primary. The challenger against the Libertarian and Constitution slates is Sharon Ann Meroni of Barrington Hills.  She is also the only person who objected to the independent gubernatorial petition of Scott Lee Cohen. To the extent that Meroni is associated with the Republican Party (which she is), it is puzzling that she also challenged Cohen’s petition, because Cohen is an independent Democrat.