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Reviewer: Theleekycauldron ( talk · contribs) 08:11, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi there! I'll be taking this up :) I can't offer a firm timeline as to when to expect comments, so feel free to request a new reviewer at any time.
theleekycauldron (
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Democrat Otto Kerner Jr..one period only, unfortunately :)
Illinois Supreme Court→
the Supreme Court of Illinois
Democrats nominated Adlai Stevenson III, the son of Adlai Stevenson II, a popular former governor in the state, and John A. Kennedy, a businessman who had a similar name but no relation to president John F. Kennedy, who had been murdered the previous year.awko taco
Given the unique electoral system allowing voters to vote for candidates of both parties, some newspapers made bipartisan endorsements of candidates.can't really assign reason based on primary sources, but maybe this works in table format?
significant shake-up the balance of powermissed a word there
However, the Supreme Court rejected this argument, stating that an at-large election would only have been required if the legislature had failed to redistrict the Senate in 1956liiittle too closely paraphrased
did not appoint former governor Stratton, the architect of this redistricting processI'd probably call that OR given the source.
Two lawsuits were decided by the Supreme Court on January 4, 1964don't see in source
@ Elli: Fantastic job on the expansion! Prose and breadth look great; I'm going to make some sourcing spot-checks and hopefully I can get this done today. theleekycauldron ( talk • she/her) 20:44, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
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Improved to Good Article status by Elli ( talk). Self-nominated at 06:35, 30 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/1964 Illinois House of Representatives election; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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cast more than 500 million votes in one election? | |||||||||||||
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Reviewer: Theleekycauldron ( talk · contribs) 08:11, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi there! I'll be taking this up :) I can't offer a firm timeline as to when to expect comments, so feel free to request a new reviewer at any time.
theleekycauldron (
talk • she/her) 08:11, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
Democrat Otto Kerner Jr..one period only, unfortunately :)
Illinois Supreme Court→
the Supreme Court of Illinois
Democrats nominated Adlai Stevenson III, the son of Adlai Stevenson II, a popular former governor in the state, and John A. Kennedy, a businessman who had a similar name but no relation to president John F. Kennedy, who had been murdered the previous year.awko taco
Given the unique electoral system allowing voters to vote for candidates of both parties, some newspapers made bipartisan endorsements of candidates.can't really assign reason based on primary sources, but maybe this works in table format?
significant shake-up the balance of powermissed a word there
However, the Supreme Court rejected this argument, stating that an at-large election would only have been required if the legislature had failed to redistrict the Senate in 1956liiittle too closely paraphrased
did not appoint former governor Stratton, the architect of this redistricting processI'd probably call that OR given the source.
Two lawsuits were decided by the Supreme Court on January 4, 1964don't see in source
@ Elli: Fantastic job on the expansion! Prose and breadth look great; I'm going to make some sourcing spot-checks and hopefully I can get this done today. theleekycauldron ( talk • she/her) 20:44, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
Lightburst
talk 20:58, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
Improved to Good Article status by Elli ( talk). Self-nominated at 06:35, 30 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/1964 Illinois House of Representatives election; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.