NEELY v. BOARD OF ELECTION COM'RS

No. 1-07-0309.

863 N.E.2d 795 (2007)

309 Ill.Dec. 163

David E. NEELY, the Candidate for Alderman of the 20th Ward in the City of Chicago, Petitioner-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS FOR the CITY OF CHICAGO; Langdon Neal and Richard Cowen, as Members of the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago; Iris L. Heard and Jermaine Sheppard, as Objectors, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

February 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Neely, of Chicago, for appellant David E. Neely.

James M. Scanlon, James M. Scanlon & Associates, P.C., of Chicago, for Appellees The Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago; Langdon Neal and Richard Cowen.

Adam W. Lasker, Michael E. Lavelle, Lavelle & Motta, Ltd., of Chicago, for Appellees Iris L. Heard and Jermaine Sheppard.


Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

David Neely, Ph. D., attorney at law, filed nomination papers by which he sought election to the office of alderman from Chicago's 20th Ward in the February 2007 election. The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners sustained an objection to the nomination papers based on Neely's vote in the 8th Ward less than a year before the 2007 election. The trial court, on administrative review, upheld the Board's decision...

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