MORTON v. STATE OFFICERS ELECTORAL BD.

No. 4-00-0142.

726 N.E.2d 201 (2000)

311 Ill. App.3d 982

244 Ill.Dec. 605

Robert B. MORTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OFFICERS ELECTORAL BOARD; State Board of Elections; Perry Smith (Objector); Kenneth R. Boyle; Elaine Roupas; Charles J. Durham; Kay D. Holloway; William M. McGuffage; David E. Murray; Philip R. O'Connor; and Wanda L. Rednour, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

March 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Morton, Antioch, pro se.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for State Officers Electoral Board.

Craig S. Burkhardt, Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran, Ltd., Springfield, for Perry Smith.


Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Robert B. Morton, a licensed attorney, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Sangamon County that affirmed the State Officers Electoral Board's (Electoral Board's) decision to invalidate his nomination papers for the March 21, 2000, Republican primary. Petitioner contends that he should not have been removed from the ballot because the identity of the individual objecting to his petition could...

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