Crudup v. Sims

JUSTICE HOFFMAN,

specially concurring:

While I agree that the summary judgment entered by the trial court in this case should be affirmed, I write separately to register my disagreement with the legal analysis employed by the majority in reaching that conclusion.

Extending the decision in Welch v. Johnson, 147 Ill. 2d 40, 588 N.E.2d 1119 (1992), the majority concludes that the legislature did not intend removal from the ballot as a sanction for a candidate’s willful filing of a false statement of economic interest. 292 Ill. App. 3d at 1079. I disagree.

In Welch, the supreme court held that the…