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JACKSON v. BD. OF ELECTION COM'RS

No. 1-11-0361.

944 N.E.2d 439 (2011)

Eileen JACKSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO sitting as the duly constituted Electoral Board to hear and pass upon Objections to the nomination papers of candidates for the office of Alderman of the 28th Ward of the City of Chicago for the February 22, 2011 Municipal General Election in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its members, Langdon D. Neal, Richard A. Cowen and Marisel A. Hernandez, and Carmelita P. Earls, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

February 18, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Nally, P.C., Chicago, IL ( James P. Nally , of counsel), for Appellant Eileen Jackson.

James M. Scanlon & Associates, Chicago, IL ( James M. Scanlon , Joan T. Agnew , of counsel), for Appellee Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago.

Randy Crumpton , Chicago, IL, for Appellee Carmelita P. Earls.

OPINION

Justice PUCINSKI delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

In this appeal, we decide a case of first impression: whether a candidate in arrears on her property taxes is also in arrears in the payment of taxes due to the city within the prohibition of section 3.1-10-5(b) of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(b) (West 2008)). An objector's petition was filed to candidate Carmelita P. Earls' nominating papers to run for alderman...

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