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LEWIS v. ORR

No. 1-13-0357.

2013 IL App (1st) 130357

F. JOYCE LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DAVID ORR, in His Official Capacity as Clerk of Cook County, Defendant-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Filed March 29, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anish Parikh , of Parikh Law Group, LLC, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Patrick T. Driscoll , Kent Ray , Marie D. Spicuzza , and Julia C. Dimoff , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

Justices Quinn and Simon concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

JUSTICE CONNORS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The question in this case of first impression is whether a write-in candidate for an uncontested primary election must file a declaration of candidacy with both the election official and the election authority, or whether it is sufficient to file a declaration with only the election official. The circuit court decided that it was the latter and granted plaintiff F. Joyce...

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