Potential Chicago School Board candidates including Jason Dones with sons, Benicio, 6, Felix 2, and wife Marci, line up to file nomination petitions at the Chicago Board of Elections Supersite office on June 17, 2024. Challenges to candidates running for a seat on Chicago’s first elected school board were released Tuesday and more than half received objections to their nominations.
Most objections are about signatures, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. Elections staff checked that candidates had gathered at least 1,000 signatures when they filed their nomination papers, but did not check the validity of those signatures. Candidates who receive objections will be assigned a hearing date and hearing officer. The hearing officer will make a recommendation about the candidate’s eligibility, which the Chicago electoral board will officially decide on. After the decision, candidates can appeal.
The deadline to file an objection was 5 p.m. Monday. Objections filed by residents of the candidate’s district state that the candidate has not met one or more of these requirements.The election board released the results of the ballot placement lottery for the elected school board candidates on Monday.
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