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· 4/25/1972

Wiseman v. Elward

Citations

  • 283 N.E.2d 282
  • 5 Ill. App. 3d 249
  • 1972 Ill. App. LEXIS 2700

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that the Electoral Board properly refused to issue subpoenas requested by objectors relevant to issues beyond its scope of inquiry
  • finding that the Electoral Board properly refused to issue subpoenas requested by objectors relevant to issues beyond its scope of inquiry
  • interpreting section 10—10 “as limiting the Electoral Board’s scope of inquiry to the sole issue of whether a challenged nominating petition complies with the provisions of the Election Code pertaining thereto”
  • interpreting section 10-10 \as limiting the Electoral Board's scope of inquiry to the sole issue of whether a challenged nominating petition complies with the provisions of the Election Code pertaining thereto\
  • “... our legislature did not intend the Electoral Board to entertain constitutional challenges to procedures employed in obtaining signatures for primary nominating petitions.”

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Judges: Stamos

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