Oak Park village trustee candidate Anthony Clark will not appear on the April ballot per the ruling Monday from the Oak Park Municipal Officers Electoral Board. In a written statement sent to Wednesday Journal, Clark denounced the process under which his candidacy was found ineligible.
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Evanston Now
April election ballot still unsettled
A Circuit Court judge has scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday on objections to the petitions filed by two aldermanic candidates in Evanston.
Eric Young.
A Circuit Court judge has scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday on objections to the petitions filed by two aldermanic candidates in Evanston.
Evanston’s Electoral Board on Dec. 10 rejected challenges to the petitions of Eric Young, who’s seeking to become 3rd Ward alderman, and Rebeca Mendoza, who is seeking the 5th Ward aldermanic seat.
But objectors say the board erred in its ruling in the dispute over whether the candidates had met state law requirements that a candidate’s petitions be securely fastened.
CHAMPAIGN â After being knocked off the ballot last week for the local spring elections, activist Justin Michael Hendrix filed Monday to run as a write-in candidate to represent Champaignâs District 3.
The Champaign electoral board voted 2â1 Friday to remove Hendrix from the ballot, with Councilman Tom Bruno and City Clerk Marilyn Banks voting in favor and Councilman Will Kyles against.
The objection was brought by Meyer Capel attorney Rochelle Funderburg, who alleged that Hendrix failed âto have the required number of valid signatures on the nominating petitions.â
Hendrix is running against attorney Matt Sullard and personal trainer Daniel Iniguez.
Mayor Deb Feinen, who helped collect signatures for Iniguez, recused herself as an electoral board member for the hearing, city attorney Fred Stavins said.