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UpdatedMon, Feb 22, 2021 at 9:32 pm CT
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Tom Karones says he will run as a write-in candidate in the April 2021 consolidated election after his nominating petitions were rejected because they did not have enough signatures. (Provided)
OAK LAWN, IL The nominating petitions filed by a candidate on the last day of filing for Oak Lawn s mayoral race have been rejected because the candidate did not have enough valid signatures.
Long-time Oak Lawn resident Tom Karones, 91, squeaked in under the wire on Dec. 21 when he filed his candidate papers with the Oak Lawn village clerk to get his name on the ballot for the April 2021 election. Terry Vorderer, currently the fourth district village trustee, has declared his candidacy for mayor.
Subscribe It s another example of how screwed up our system is, said Karones, a retired electrical engineer. That s a written law, any elected official is indebted to give that [ballot] information to citizens. We re electing the wrong people in office that don t know a damn thing.
According to the Illinois Election Code, the required number of signatures on a nominating petition must be equal to 5 percent and no more than 8 percent of the total number of persons who cast ballots in the last regular election.
In 2017, 9,289 votes were cast in the Oak Lawn mayoral election, 5 percent of which amount to approximately 465 signatures needed to get on the 2021 ballot.
UpdatedWed, Dec 16, 2020 at 9:23 pm CT
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The Oak Lawn First Party (top, left to right) Tr. Alex Olejniczak (Dist. 2), Terry Vorderer, candidate for mayor; (bottom, left to right) Tr. Tom Phelan (Dist. 6), Claire Henning, village clerk candidate and Jamie Pembroke, Dist. 4 trustee candidate. (Courtesy of Oak Lawn First)
OAK LAWN, IL Oak Lawn First Party candidates are hoping for a drama-free election in April 2021, which could be the first uncontested village board races since the early 1980s.
The slate, headed by mayoral contender Terry Vorderer, and his running mates submitted their nominating petitions on the first day of candidate filing at Oak Lawn Village Hall.