Hi everyone. Christopher DeNardo, candidate for school board here. I attended a training session for potential candidates for IL office put on by the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization. The session covered the process of challenging a candidate filing and went over a few example cases. Based on what I learne…
Hi everyone. Christopher DeNardo, candidate for school board here. I attended a training session for potential candidates for IL office put on by the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization. The session covered the process of challenging a candidate filing and went over a few example cases. Based on what I learned, challenging a candidate's filing is more common in larger, partisan races, such as those for state senate. It is not uncommon for challenges to take place even within a party primary. However, the examples were all from races that required hundreds of petition signatures to gain ballot access, not the 50 required for non-partisan, local school board races.
I would be curious to know the reasons why these three candidates were targeted and if we can expect more challenges coming in the future. The challenge process is a legitimate tool to combat fraud and a candidate filing should be strong enough to withstand a challenge. Even so, these tactics seem a little too "big-league" for a local school board race.
Full disclosure, Brandon Utter and I are both Bessie Rhodes parents and I can attest that he is indeed a legitimate resident of Evanston/District 65.
Hi everyone. Christopher DeNardo, candidate for school board here. I attended a training session for potential candidates for IL office put on by the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization. The session covered the process of challenging a candidate filing and went over a few example cases. Based on what I learned, challenging a candidate's filing is more common in larger, partisan races, such as those for state senate. It is not uncommon for challenges to take place even within a party primary. However, the examples were all from races that required hundreds of petition signatures to gain ballot access, not the 50 required for non-partisan, local school board races.
I would be curious to know the reasons why these three candidates were targeted and if we can expect more challenges coming in the future. The challenge process is a legitimate tool to combat fraud and a candidate filing should be strong enough to withstand a challenge. Even so, these tactics seem a little too "big-league" for a local school board race.
Full disclosure, Brandon Utter and I are both Bessie Rhodes parents and I can attest that he is indeed a legitimate resident of Evanston/District 65.