Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments permit a state election board to exclude ballot candidates based on disputed ballot access requirements

No question identified. : NOTICE OF EMERGENCY MOTION SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES PATRICIA L. TILLMAN and JOSEPH L. Mossley Candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor Applicants, v. ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; Et al EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, in official capacity; MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, in official capacities, Kevin M. Morphew of Sorling Northrup Attorneys Attorney General Kwame Raoul Assistant Attorney General Lee B. Stark All in their Official and Individual Capacity Respondents **NOTICE OF EMERGENCY MOTION FOR INJUNCTION PENDING APPEAL AND FOR IMMEDIATE ADMINISTRATIVE STAY** PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Applicants Patricia Tillman and Joseph Movie hereby move the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Honorable Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice of the United States and Circuit Justice for the Seventh Circuit, for an Emergency Injunction Pending Appeal and an Immediate Administrative Stay enjoining the Illinois State Board of Elections from printing ballots for the March 17, 2026 Illinois primary election. This Motion is made on the grounds that ballot printing is scheduled to occur within approximately twenty-four (24) hours, and that once ballots are printed, Applicants’ exclusion from the ballot and voters’ loss of choice will be irreversible, depriving this Court of the ability to grant meaningful relief. This Motion is based upon the accompanying Emergency Application, Statement of Irreparable Harm, Motion for Preservation of Evidence,