In her six-page ruling, Cook County Judge Maureen Hannon wrote that disagreements over how many signatures were needed was the result of different interpretations of the law and noted that running for office is “a substantial right not lightly to be denied...Ballot access laws in Illinois are to be interpreted liberally and impediments to candidacy are to be strictly construed.”
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.