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ZUREK v. COOK COUNTY OFFICERS ELECTORAL BOARD

Nos. 1-14-0446, 1-14-0460 cons.

2014 IL App (1st) 140446

KENNETH P. ZUREK and JOSEPH J. PONZIO, Petitioners-Appellants, v. THE COOK COUNTY OFFICERS ELECTORAL BOARD, and its Members David Orr, Individually and as its Chairman, ANITA ALVAREZ, Individually and as Member, and DOROTHY BROWN, Individually and as Member, and BARRETT F. PEDERSON, Candidate for the Office of Township Committeeman Leyden Township Democratic Party, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Filed March 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No brief filed for appellant Kenneth P. Zurek.

John D. Spina , of Spina McGuire & Okal, P.C., of Elmwood Park, for appellant Joseph J. Ponzio.

James P. Nally , of James P. Nally, P.C., of Chicago, and Burton S. Odelson , of Odelson & Sterk, Ltd., of Evergreen Park, for appellees.

Justices Palmer and Taylor concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

PRESIDING JUSTICE GORDON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The issue before us is whether the current Democratic committeeman of an Illinois township should be barred from reelection and his name stricken from the ballot in the upcoming March 2014 primary election because he concededly used the wrong form for his "Statement of Candidacy" and thus failed to state, as he was statutorily required to do, that he was "a qualified...

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