Longtime Glendale Heights president takes election fight to federal court Linda Jackson
Updated 5/6/2021 6:02 PM
Glendale Heights on Thursday night was poised to swear in a new village president for the first time in more than 20 years.
But the election that made Chodri Khokhar village president is not over in the eyes of two other candidates, including the longtime incumbent, Linda Jackson.
Mike Ontiveroz has requested a partial recount of the official results from the April 6 election that show Khokhar defeating him by only two votes.
And Jackson, who had served as village president since 1999, has filed a federal lawsuit after her reelection bid was cut short because the Illinois Supreme Court removed her name from the ballot.
DuPage clerk asks what to do with votes cast for ineligible Glendale Heights candidates
Glendale Heights incumbant mayor Linda Jackson, right, whose name the Illinois Supreme Court ordered removed from the April 6 ballot late Friday, talks with resident Vikki Razzle on Saturday at the village s Center for Senior Citizens. Barbara Vitello | Staff Photographer Edward Pope, candidate for Glendale Heights village president, was ordered to be removed from the April 6 ballot by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Updated 4/6/2021 12:41 AM
The DuPage County clerk is seeking guidance from the Illinois Supreme Court on what her office should do with votes cast for two Glendale Heights village president candidates whom the high court removed from the ballot just days before the election.
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Fair election was worth the expense
Updated 1/13/2021 4:30 PM
DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek s office has completed four discovery recounts for the Nov. 3, 2020, General Election, requested by four Republican candidates: Jim Oberweis for U.S. 14th Congressional District, Jeanette Ward for Illinois 25th Senate District, Bob Grogan for Office of DuPage County Auditor, and Tim Whelan for DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission District 4. The estimated cost to the County to conduct the four recounts was over $100,000, most of which is not recoverable from these candidates.
I ve been following with interest the challenges to election results, particularly by Jim Oberweis, who took a public but premature victory lap on the night of Nov. 3 when he showed an initial lead over Democratic incumbent Lauren Underwood. However, as mail-in ballots (heavily leaning Democratic) were counted up to the Nov. 17 deadline, his lead steadily dissipated, and Rep. Underwood won by ov
Updated 12/28/2020 2:35 PM
DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek announced Monday that discovery recounts in races for four offices in the Nov. 3 election confirmed the results she certified Nov. 24.
Losing candidates Jim Oberweis (14th Congressional District), Jeannette Ward (Illinois 25th Senate District), Bob Grogan (DuPage County auditor) and Tim Whelan (DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission District 4) had sought the recounts. Ballots from 286 of 930 precincts were recounted over nine days, starting Dec. 7 and concluding Dec. 23. Grogan is challenging the election results in a suit filed Dec. 24.