O'Brien v. White

Docket No. 102077. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS JOAN MARGARET O=BRIEN et al., Appellees, v. JESSE WHITE, Secretary of State of Illinois, et al., Appellants. Opinion filed March 6, 2006. CHIEF JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, McMorrow, Fitzgerald, Kilbride, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION At issue is the constitutionality of section 7AB1 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/7AB1 (West 2004)), which sets a deadline by which an elected judge who wishes to be retained in office must file a…