O'CONNOR v. COOK COUNTY OFFICERS

No. 1-96-0717.

667 N.E.2d 672 (1996)

281 Ill. App.3d 1108

217 Ill.Dec. 583

Eileen O'CONNOR, Petitioner-Objector-Appellant, v. COOK COUNTY OFFICERS ELECTORAL BOARD, and its members, David Orr (by his designee, Daniel Madden), Jack M. O'Malley (by his designee, Donald Mizerk), and Aurelia Pucinski (by her designee, Ralph Schroeder); James Patrick Sheehan, Candidate; David D. Orr, in his official capacity as County Clerk of Cook County; The Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago, Illinois and its member commissioners, Michael Hamblett, Arnette Hubbard, and Richard A. Cowen, in their official capacities, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

June 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney David L. Clark, Chicago, for Appellant.

Michael E. Lavelle, Lavelle, Juneau & McCollom, Ltd., Oak Park, for Appellee Sheehan.


Justice HOURIHANE delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, we are asked to interpret various provisions of the Election Code as they pertain to the nominating petitions filed on behalf of a candidate seeking nomination in the primary election held on March 19, 1996. The specific challenge to the petitions concerns the propriety of the circulators' verification that they were registered voters during the time the petitions were circulated. The circuit court...

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