Zerante v. Bloom Township Electoral Board

The petitioner, David M. Zerante, filed the instant appeal from an order of the circuit court affirming a decision of the Bloom Township Electoral Board (Board). The Board sustained the objections of Jim Grupp and Robert DeBolt to the nomination papers of the petitioner as a candidate for the office of Bloom Township supervisor in the election of April 1, 1997, and ordered that the petitioner’s name be excluded from the ballot. Because the imminence of the April 1 election mandated a prompt resolution of this matter, we ordered an expedited briefing schedule and took the case under advisement…