SOMER v. BLOOM TP. DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION

No. 1-20-1182.

175 N.E.3d 708 (2020)

2020 IL App (1st) 201182

Thomas J. SOMER, in His Official Capacity as Bloom Township Supervisor; Carla Matthews, in Her Official Capacity as Bloom Township Trustee; Mike L. Noonan, in His Official Capacity as Bloom Township Trustee; Joseph Patrick Stanfa, in His Official Capacity as Bloom Township Highway Commissioner; Derrick Burgess, in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the Village of Sauk Village; Annie R. Coulter, in Her Official Capacity as Mayor of the Village of Ford Heights; David A. Gonzalez, in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of Chicago Heights; Richard Hofeld, in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the Village of Homewood; Terry L. Matthews, in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the Village of South Chicago Heights; Kenneth Peterson, in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the Village of Steger; Christopher Baikauskas, in His Capacity as Alderman of the City of Chicago Heights; and Kim M. Abel, Richard J. Amadio, Lupita Arellano, Katherine Aurelio, Lori L. Aurelio-White, Michele R. Baikauskas, Sylvia Baltazar, Joyce Black, Louise Bosta, Charles Ciaphrs, Deborah K. Cladis, Henry Dial, Alliyah Drake, Curtis Drake, Shirley Drake, Janet M. Fiorenzo, Terence J. Fiorenzo, Monique Green, Betty Harr, Victoria Hayslett, Paige Hogeveen, Eddie Jones, Sharronne Jones, Edward J. Kaminski, Bill Kelly, Brian Kerasek, Bernard Lewis, Frank Lewis, Frankie W. Lewis, Ineisha C. Lewis, Lakeysha Lewis, Keith L. Loh, David L. Long, Araceli Marrufo, Ronald R. Mascitti, Steven W. Matthews, Christine Panici, Luciano Panici, Jr., Paul Pappalardo, Keith Parise, Joseph Pope, Norma Sanchez, Joyce Sealey-Huff, Timothy M. Seese, Judi Somer, John N. Stanfa, Eric Stanton, Lisa Stanton, Curtis Straczek, Tracy Sylvestar, Travis Taylor, Petros Visvardis, and Danny L. White, Jr., as Citizens of Bloom Township, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BLOOM TOWNSHIP DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION; The Bloom Township Democratic Central Committee; Lori J. Wilcox, in Her Official Capacity as Committeeperson for the Bloom Township Democratic Organization Central Committee; The Clerk of Bloom Township, in Her Official Capacity; and Karen A. Yarborough, in Her Official Capacity as Clerk of Cook County, Defendants (The Bloom Township Democratic Organization; The Bloom Township Democratic Central Committee; and Lori J. Wilcox, in Her Official Capacity as Committeeperson for the Bloom Township Democratic Organization Central Committee, Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

November 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Del Galdo , Cynthia S. Grandfield , Tiffany Nelson-Jaworski , and Michael A. Albert , of Del Galdo Law Group, LLC, of Berwyn, for appellants.

Ed Mullen , of Chicago, for appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 Bloom Township (Township) has several local elected offices that will be voted on in their next general election, which will be held on April 6, 2021. Normally, the nominees for each political party for their elected positions are selected through...

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