IL: Independent and Third Party Candidates Purged from Ballot File Lawsuit

From the Illinois Times:

Two little-known political candidates in the coming general election are taking Illinois’ ballot access rules to court, comparing them to the segregationist Jim Crow laws of the nation’s past.

Willie Boyd Jr. of Greenville, an independent candidate running for U.S. Senate, and Michael White of Lindenhurst, a Constitution Party candidate running for governor, have filed paperwork with the Sangamon County Circuit Court, Fourth District Appellate Court, Illinois Supreme Court and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, asking each court to review the cause of their removal from the ballot for the Nov. 2 statewide general election. The pair questions the state’s practice of removing candidates from the ballot through signature challenges. 

For more information on Illinois' ballot access law, see this transcript of a discussion from a forum for the state's third party and independent candidates for governor.