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POWELL v. EAST LOUIS ELECTORAL BD.

No. 5-03-0071.

785 N.E.2d 1014 (2003)

337 Ill. App.3d 334

271 Ill.Dec. 820

Debra POWELL, Martha E. Young, Marlene E. Smoot, Petitioners-Appellants, v. The EAST ST. LOUIS ELECTORAL BOARD; The Board of Election Commissioners for the City of East St. Louis and its Members, Barbara Greenwood, Fannie G. Jones, and Elmer D. Jones; and Edward Russell, Karen Cason, and Eddie Lee Jackson, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

February 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly Powell, East St. Louis; Stephen P. McGlynn, Belleville, for Appellants.

John J. Kurowski, Michael W. Tackett, Kurowski, Bailey & Shultz, P.C., Belleville, for Barbara Greenwood, Fannie G. Jones, and Elmer D. Jones.

Robert E. Becker, Garrett P. Hoerner, Becker, Paulson, Hoerner & Thompson, P.C., Belleville, for Edward Russell, Karen Cason, and Eddie Lee Jackson.

Justice WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Debra Powell, Martha E. Young, and Marlene E. Smoot (petitioners) appeal from an order of the circuit court of St. Clair County affirming the decision of the Board of Election Commissioners of the City of East St. Louis (Board) to invalidate petitioners' nomination papers. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

On December 16, 2002, petitioner Powell filed nomination papers for reelection to...

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