Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering, former Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran and Illinois Appellate Judge Susan Hutchinson win appeal.
A Cook County judge on Thursday placed a Democrat and two Republicans vying for a spot on the Illinois Supreme Court back on the ballot after the Illinois State Board of Elections last month kicked them off for not having enough nominating signatures.
“Ballot access laws in Illinois are to be interpreted liberally and impediments to candidacy are to be strictly construed,” Hannon wrote. Lawyers for Rotering, Curran and Hutchinson argued continuously that it would be improper to determine the candidates eligibility for the ballot based on the results of the 2018 general election because the new 2nd Judicial District boundaries were redrawn last year by the Illinois General Assembly. So instead, the lawyers applied the mathematical formula to the 500-signature requirement and determined the candidates only needed at least 334 signatures.
Hutchinson ended up with 702 valid signatures, while Curran received 670 and Rotering got 669. But the objectors who contested their candidacies argued the candidates’ lawyers misinterpreted case law to support their argument, contending instead that Rotering needed at least 757 to run as a Democrat and the two others each needed 791 to run as Republicans.Illinois Appellate Court Judge Susan Hutchinson in the court room in Elgin on March 2, 2010.
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