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· 3/6/1998

North v. Hinkle

Citations

  • 692 N.E.2d 352
  • 295 Ill. App. 3d 84
  • 229 Ill. Dec. 579

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • the clerk is the “gatekeeper” who must “turn away” papers that do not comply on their face with the law
  • clerk has no obligation to certify nominating papers that do not conform with the Election Code
  • the clerk is \the gatekeeper\ who must \turn away\ papers that do not comply on their face with the law
  • clerk has no obligation to certify nominating papers that do not conform with the Election Code
  • the question of whether nomination papers contain a required statement of candidacy “is precisely the type of question that can be answered by a facial examination of the papers themselves”

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Judges: Doyle

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