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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

circuit court reversed the Board's decision. We reverse the

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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