From the Collin Corbett cmpsing:
Bailey Campaign Withdraws Petition Objection Against Independent Collin Corbett
“Independents, disaffected Republican and Democratic voters, and Illinoisans who haven’t voted in years will have a candidate to vote for in November.”
PALATINE, IL — Admitting defeat, the Darren Bailey campaign conceded their fight to remove Independent candidate for Governor Collin Corbett from the ballot by withdrawing their objection, securing Collin’s and Carolyn Schofield’s spot on the ballot.
Collin’s campaign ended last week’s records exam with 27,323 valid signatures, well over the 25,000 requirement. This officially makes history, with Collin being just the third Independent candidate for Illinois Governor in the last 86 years, and the first serious third party or Independent candidate since 1912.
The campaign released the following statement from Collin:
“Perennial candidate Darren Bailey’s campaign did whatever they could to keep us off the ballot, but they couldn’t stop our common sense movement of everyday Illinoisans. To get on the ballot in this rigged system, we needed five times the number of signatures as the two political parties, and we faced far stricter rules on who could circulate, but that didn’t stop us from making history.
Now, Independents, disaffected Republican and Democratic voters, and Illinoisans who haven’t voted in years will have a candidate to vote for in November.
To everyone tired of a broken system grinding Illinois to a halt, and of politicians playing partisan games instead of making people’s lives better—and to those who feel they no longer have a political home as both parties sprint to the extremes: you have a home in our Independent movement. Together, we will move beyond left vs right and start focusing on right vs wrong so we can finally make the mainstream the majority in our politics.
Since we announced our campaign, we’ve had to focus on getting and staying on the ballot. Now, the campaign officially begins. Everyday Illinoisans want life more affordable, Illinois growing again, and our broken political and government systems reformed—our Independent movement will get that done. We will bring back hope to Illinois.”
