Druck v. Illinois State Board of Elections

              Fourth Division
November 26, 2008
No. 1-08-2440
DAN DRUCK, Libertarian Party Candidate for United ) Appeal from the
States Representative in the 14th Congressional ) Circuit Court of
District, ) Cook County.
)
Petitioner-Appellant, ))
v. ))
ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, STATE )
STATE OFFICERS ELECTORAL BOARD, and ) No. 08 CO EL 000008
ALBERT PORTER, BRYAN SCHNEIDER, PATRICK )
A. BRADY, JOHN R. KEITH, JESSIE SMART, WANDA )
REDNOUR, WILLIAM M. McGUFFAGE and ROBERT )
J. WALTERS, in their official capacities as members of )
the duly Constituted State Officers Electoral Board, )
and BRETT HAASE, the Objector, ) Honorable
) Alfred J. Paul,
Respondents-Appellees. ) Judge Presiding.
JUSTICE NEVILLE delivered the opinion of the court:
Dan Druck, the candidate, filed nomination papers to have his name placed on the ballot for
the November 4, 2008, general election in the 14th Congressional District. Brett Hasse, the objector,
filed objections that challenged Druck’s nomination papers. The Illinois State Board of Elections
(SBOE), sitting as the State Officers Electoral Board (SOEB) (1) found that it lacked the authority
to address the constitutional issues raised by Druck, but (2) found that Druck failed to secure enough
signatures on his nominating petitions to have his name placed on the ballot. Accordingly, the SOEB