Mayor Of Chicago Rahm Emanuel As President Obama's Chief Of staff

Rahm Emanuel was one of the most powerful men in Washington when he resigned as President Obama's chief of staff of the mayor of Chicago. Less than four months later, he leads his closest rival by 20 points and has nearly $ 12 million in campaign money, but he can not get on the ballot in his hometown.
A state appeals court said Rahm Emanuel is not allowed to remain on the ballot mayor of Chicago, a blow to former White House chief of staff who has raised more than $ 10 million in his campaign for mayor. Joe Barrett has details of Chicago.
Mr. Emanuel's road to the White House Chicago Town Hall a large bump on Monday when a three-judge panel of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled ineligible to run because he lost his home when he moved to Washington in 2009.
The 2-1 decision by the Panel, which heard oral arguments last week overturned a lower court ruling that Mr. Emanuel had given permission to remain on the ballot.
"When the president asks you to serve the country as his chief of staff, which counts as part of serving his country," Emanuel said at a news conference. "I have no doubt that we will in the end, prevail in this effort."
The former head of the White House, Rahm Emanuel left a news conference in Chicago on Monday, which responded to a ruling by the Illinois appeals court that took away the ballot for mayor of Chicago.
On the evening of Monday, the Illinois Supreme Court received an emergency motion of Mr. Emanuel's lawyers asking the court to stop immediately the Board of Election Commissioners to take the name of Mr. Emanuel of the vote, in pending a judicial review, and the court to deal with the case in an expedited manner.
Time is short. Jim Allen, spokesman for the Board of Elections, said a printer will produce ballots Monday night due to early voting for the Feb. 22 election begins on 31 January.
The appeals court ruled that Mr. Emanuel was not eligible to participate in municipal elections because they do not physically reside in Chicago for a year before the election. Mr. Emanuel had argued that maintained his residence by paying property taxes in their Chicago home, while the rent for their stay in Washington. Mr. Emanuel returned to Chicago in October.
Earlier rulings in the case had interpreted the term more broadly residence, turning on the intention of Mr. Emanuel to remain a resident of Chicago despite his stay in Washington. A Cook County judge before clothing, furniture and heirlooms of the family of Emanuel had stored at home here as evidence that Mr. Emanuel had not abandoned his residence in Chicago.
Mr. Emanuel's lawyers had argued that even if it did not meet residency requirements, the law of Illinois made an exception for those doing business in the U.S.