Welch v. Educational Officers Electoral Board for Proviso High School District 209

This is an appeal from a writ of mandamus issued by the Cook County circuit court against defendant-appellant Robert Smith as the secretary of the Board of Education of Proviso Township High School District No. 209. The writ was issued pursuant to count III of the complaint filed by plaintiffs-appellees Emanuel Christopher Welch, Lequita Neely, Archie B. Leach, Sr., and Michael J. Carlson, wherein plaintiffs sought to compel defendant-appellant Smith to certify their names to the Cook County clerk as candidates for membership on the Board of Education of Proviso Township High School District…