COOK v. ILLINOIS STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

Nos. 4-16-0160, 4-16-0161, 4-16-0162.

59 N.E.3d 148 (2016)

2016 IL App (4th) 160160

Dallas B. COOK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, Sitting as the State Officers Electoral Board, and its Members, William Cadigan, Andy Carruthers, Betty J. Coffrin, Ernest L. Gowen, John Keith, William M. McGuffage, Charles W. Scholz, Casandra B. Watson, in their Official Capacities as Members of the Illinois State Board of Elections; and Robert B. Haida, John Baricevic, and Robert LeChien, Candidates for Circuit Court Judge in the 20th Judicial Circuit, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

July 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron G. Weishaar (argued), of Reinert, Weishaar & Associates, P.C., of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Chicago ( Carolyn E. Shapiro , Solicitor General, and Richard S. Huszagh , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel) for appellees Illinois State Board of Elections and its members.

Michael J. Kasper (argued), of Fletcher, Topol, O'Brien & Kasper, P.C., of Chicago, for other appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 In December 2015, petitioner, Dallas B. Cook, filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections, sitting as the State Officers Electoral Board (Board), objections to the nomination papers of respondents, Robert B. Haida, John Baricevic, and Robert LeChien...

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