MADISON COUNTY v. STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 4-22-0169.

214 N.E.3d 931 (2022)

2022 IL App (4th) 220169

MADISON COUNTY, Illinois, ON BEHALF OF the COUNTY AND PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY; Christina Wiley; Daniel McConchie; Christopher Threlkeld; and Amy Sholar, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; Ian K. Linnabary, Casandra B. Watson, William J. Cadigan, Laura K. Donahue, Tonya L. Genovese, Catherin S. McCrory, William M. McGuffage, and Andrick S. Tereven Sr., in Their Official Capacities as Board Members of the Illinois State Board of Elections; Jay Robert "J.B." Pritzker, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois; Cynthia A. Grant, in Her Official Capacity as Clerk of the Supreme Court of Illinois; Don Harmon; and Emanuel "Chris" Welch, Defendants (Jay Robert "J.B." Pritzker, Don Harmon, and Emanuel "Chris" Welch, Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Filed July 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Haine , State's Attorney, of Edwardsville ( Emily Johnson Nielson , Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellant Madison County, Illinois.

Christina Wiley, of Bethalto, appellant pro se.

Phillip A. Luetkehans , Brian J. Armstrong , and Jessica G. Nosalski , of Luetkehans, Brady, Garner & Armstrong, LLC, of Itasca, and James L. Craney , of Craney Law Group LLC, of Edwardsville, for other appellants.

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, of Chicago ( Jane Elinor Notz , Solicitor General, and Evan Siegel , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellee Jay Robert "J.B." Pritzker.

Adam R. Vaught , Special Assistant Attorney General, of Kilbride & Vaught, LLC, of LaGrange, and Michael J. Kasper , Special Assistant Attorney General, of Kasper & Nottage P.C., and Devon C. Bruce , Special Assistant Attorney General, of Power Rogers, LLP, both of Chicago, for other appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 Plaintiffs, Madison County, Illinois, Christina Wiley, Daniel McConchie, Christopher Threlkeld, and Amy Sholar, appeal from the circuit court's judgment dismissing their complaints, arguing this court should reverse the circuit court's judgment...

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