League of Women Voters v. Harkrader

The appellant-intervenor appeals from an order of the circuit court allowing the plaintiffs, League of Women Voters and Frances Kepler, to withdraw, and to subsequently refile, petitions submitted under section 28 — 3 of the Election Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 46, par. 28—3) to the defendant, Mary Harkrader, clerk of Peoria County.

The plaintiffs initiated a signature drive on petitions to reduce the number of Peoria County Board members from 27 to 9. In conversations with a Peoria deputy county clerk, the plaintiffs inquired as to the number of signatures necessary in order to place…