Ayers v. Martin

The Board of Education (School Board) of Bement Community School District No. 5 adopted a resolution which would have authorized the issuance of working cash bonds in the amount of $515,000. (See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 122, pars. 20 — 1 through 20 — 9.) Plaintiff William R. Ayers filed petitions seeking to require a public referendum on the question of issuance of the bonds. The School Board directed the filing of challenges to the petitions. A hearing on these challenges was held before an electoral board which consisted of three members of the School Board. (See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch.…