(The Center Square) – The state’s law prohibiting candidates who didn’t run in a primary from getting on the general election ballot won’t go into effect this year after the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed the state’s appeal of a lower court ruled it unconstitutional.

Ron Andermann, a Republican running for the statehouse in the Chicago suburbs, said his research indicates the process of slating has been going on for as long as Illinois has been a state.

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