Ramirez v. Andrade

Respondent Paloma Andrade appealed from an order of the circuit court that removed her name as a candidate for 14th Ward alderman from the ballot for Chicago’s municipal general election of February 27, 2007. The circuit court had reversed a decision of the Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago (Board) that had overruled the objections of petitioner Rita Rose Ramirez. Ramirez alleged that certain signatures on Andrade’s nominating petition were invalid. Andrade appealed the circuit court’s ruling. This court reversed the judgment of the circuit court, allowing Andrade’s name…