Goodman v. Ward

State: Illinois

Court: 3rd District Appellate

Docket No: 3-09-1031 Rel

Case Date: 01/14/2010

Preview:No. 3--09--1031 _________________________________________________________________ Filed January 14, 2010 Corrected Copy IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS THIRD DISTRICT A.D., 2010 DANIEL GOODMAN, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court ) of the 12th Judicial Circuit, Petitioner-Appellee, ) Will County, Illinois, ) v. ) ) CHRIS WARD, ) ) Respondent-Appellant, ) ) and WILL COUNTY OFFICERS ) No. 09--MR--1299 ELECTORAL BOARD, NANCY SCHULTZ ) VOOTS, PAMELA McGUIRE, and MARY ) TATROE (as representative of ) James W. Glasgow), each in her ) capacity as a member of the ) Will County Officers Electoral ) Board, and COUNTY CLERK OF WILL ) COUNTY (Nancy Schultz Voots), ) Honorable ) James E. Garrison, Respondents. ) Judge, Presiding. _________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE CARTER delivered the opinion of the court: _______________________________________________________________ Daniel Goodman petitioned the Will County Officers Electoral Board (Board), objecting to listing Chris Ward as a candidate on the ballot in the primary for the office of Circuit Court Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Fourth Subcircuit (subcircuit). The Board denied Goodman's petition. On review, the Will County We reverse the

circuit court reversed the Board's decision.

Board's decision and affirm the circuit court's ruling.

BACKGROUND Ward acknowledged to the Board, to the circuit court, and to this court that he did not reside within the subcircuit on the date he petitioned the Board to be placed on the primary ballot. In Goodman's petition objecting to Ward's candidacy, he argued that Ward's failure to reside within the subcircuit was a violation of article VI, section 12, of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI,

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