JACKSON-HICKS v. EAST ST. LOUIS BD.

No. 5-15-0028.

27 N.E.3d 247 (2015)

Emeka JACKSON-HICKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. The EAST ST. LOUIS BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, and its Members, Elmer D. Jones, Chairman, Edna R. Allen, Vice-Chairman, and Joseph McCaskill, Secretary, and Alvin L. Parks, Jr., Candidate for Mayor, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

As Corrected February 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric W. Evans , Roth Evans P.C., Granite City, for appellant.

Garrett P. Hoerner , Becker, Paulson, Hoerner & Thompson, P.C., Belleville, for appellee Alvin L. Parks, Jr.

Richard Sturgeon , Belleville, for other appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 In this expedited appeal, we are asked to determine whether substantial compliance with the signature requirement for an independent candidate's nomination papers is sufficient to retain his name on the ballot for an upcoming mayoral election. For the following...

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