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RUDD v. LAKE COUNTY ELECTORAL BOARD

No. 2-16-0649.

2016 IL App (2d) 160649

THOMAS A. RUDD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. THE LAKE COUNTY ELECTORAL BOARD and Its Members, CARLA N. WYCKOFF, Lake County Clerk and Board Chairperson, MICHAEL G. NERHEIM, Lake County State's Attorney and Board Member, and His Designee KAREN D. FOX, KEITH S. BRIN, Lake County Circuit Court Clerk and Board Member, and His Designee JENNIFER RATHUNDE; and MICHAEL P. DONNENWIRTH and KEITH E. TURNER, Objectors, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Filed August 31, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross D. Secler, of Ross D. Secler & Associates, and Courtney C. Nottage, of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Michael G. Nerheim, of Waukegan (Joy C. Fitzgerald, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee Lake County Officers Electoral Board.

Odelson & Sterk, Ltd., of Evergreen Park (Burton S. Odelson and Mary Ryan Norwell, of counsel), for appellees Michael P. Donnenwirth and Keith E. Turner.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, of Chicago (David L. Franklin, Solicitor General, of counsel), for other appellees.

Justices Birkett and Spence concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

¶ 1 Dr. Thomas Rudd appeals from an order of the circuit court refusing to grant him ballot position as an independent candidate for the office of Lake County Coroner. Rudd sued to overturn the decision of the Lake County Electoral Board, which found that...

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