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LANGENSTEIN v. KASSIMALI

Nos. 5-12-0343, 5-12-0346, 5-12-0347.

975 N.E.2d 340 (2012)

363 Ill. Dec. 538

Sharee LANGENSTEIN, Candidate of the Republican Party for the Office of Jackson County State's Attorney in the General Election to be held on November 6, 2012, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Maureen KASSIMALI and DeWitt McGriff, Objectors, Jackson County Officers Electoral Board, and its Members, Michael Wepsiec, Larry Reinhardt, and Robert Burns, All in Their Official Capacity as Jackson County State's Attorney, Jackson County Clerk, and Jackson County Sheriff, Respectively, Respondents-Appellees. Christine Ward Osinga, Candidate of the Republican Party for Jackson County Circuit Clerk in the General Election to be held on November 6, 2012, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Christina Porritt and DeWitt McGriff, Objectors, Jackson County Officers Electoral Board and Its Members, Michael Wepsiec, Larry Reinhardt, and Robert Burns, All in Their Official Capacity as Jackson County State's Attorney, Jackson County Clerk, and Jackson County Sheriff, Respectively, Respondents-Appellees. William J. "Bill" Burke, Candidate of the Republican Party for Jackson County Board, District 3, in the General Election to be held on November 6, 2012, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Christina Porritt and James Clough, Objectors, Jackson County Officers Electoral Board and its Members, Michael Wepsiec, Larry Reinhardt, and Robert Burns, All in Their Official Capacity as Jackson County State's Attorney, Jackson County Clerk, and Jackson County Sheriff, Respectively, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

August 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharee S. Langenstein , Law Office of Sharee S. Langenstein, Murphysboro, for appellants.

Daniel Brenner , Jackson County State's Attorney, Murphysboro, and John R. Clemons , Michael Burke , Southern Illinois Law Center, Carbondale, for appellees.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 In these three cases, consolidated by this court for argument and decision, appellants contest the decisions of the Jackson County Officers Electoral Board (Board) that appellants are ineligible to appear on the ballot for the general election on November 6, 2012. For the reasons that follow, we disagree with the circuit court of Jackson County's decision that the appellants...

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