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CHICAGO, ILL. (AP) -- UPDATED: January 25 at 2:05 p.m.

The Illinois Supreme Court has halted the Chicago board of elections from printing any mayoral ballots without Rahm Emanuel's name on them.

The high court is still determining whether to consider an appeal filed by Emanuel after a state appeals court ruled that he could not run for Chicago mayor because he didn't live in the city for a year before the Feb. 22 vote.

On Tuesday, the high court said that if any ballots are printed, they must include the former White House chief of staff's name while the court decides whether to take the case.

The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners has said it would begin printing ballots without Emanuel's name on Tuesday. Messages left for Chicago election officials weren't immediately returned.

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Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has filed an appeal with the Illinois Supreme Court asking it to overturn a ruling that knocked him off the ballot for Chicago mayor. 

Emanuel's lawyers filed the appeal with the state's highest court on Tuesday - one day after an appeals court booted him off the Feb. 22 ballot because he didn't live in Chicago for a year before the election.

In the appeal, Emanuel's attorneys call the appeals court decision "one of the most far-reaching election law rulings ever" issued by an Illinois court. They say the ruling imposes "a new, significant limitation" on ballot access.

Click here to watch CNN video coverage of Rahm Emanuel addressing the press.

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