NELSON v. QUALKINBUSH

Nos. 1-09-0309, 1-09-0310.

907 N.E.2d 400 (2009)

389 Ill. App.3d 79

Kellie NELSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michelle QUALKINBUSH, Gerald Tarka and Magdalena J. "Leni" Wosczynski, Individually and as Members of the Duly Constituted Municipal Officers Electoral Board of the City of Calumet City and the Municipal Officers Electoral Board of the City of Calumet City, and David D. Orr, the Cook County Clerk, and Michael Zimmerman, Respondents-Appellees. Pam Cap, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gerald Tarka, Gloria Dooley and Magdalena J. "Leni" Wosczynski, Individually and as Members of the Duly Constituted Municipal Officers Electoral Board of the City of Calumet City and the Municipal Officers Electoral Board of the City of Calumet City, and David D. Orr, the Cook County Clerk, and Michael Zimmerman, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

March 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer, David Lincoln Ader, Jeffrey R. Jurgens Ancel, Glink, Diamon, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, Chicago, IL, Attorney for Appellants.

Burton S. Odelson, Matthew M. Welch, Odelson & Sterk, Ltd., Evergreen Park, IL, James P. Nally, James P. Nally, P.C., Chicago, IL, Attorney for Appellees.


Justice MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court:

This opinion considers the arguments made by petitioners Pam Cap and Kellie Nelson regarding the dismissal of their individual petitions for judicial review. Petitioners sought to challenge the decisions of respondent Municipal Officers Electoral Board of the City of Calumet City (Board) sustaining objections to their nomination papers to run for nominations to the Democratic Party in the February 24, 2009, primary...

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