Wisnasky-Bettorf v. Pierce

This case requires us to construe section 7 — 61 of the Illinois Election Code (the Code) (10 ILCS 5/7 — 61 (West Supp. 2009)). Specifically, we must determine whether an established political party must file a resolution pursuant to that section in order to fill a vacancy in nomination when no candidate appeared on the primary ballot for that party and no write-in candidate was nominated.

The petitioner, Whitney Wisnasky-Bettorf, was nominated by the Republican Party for the office of board of review member following the general primary elections where no Republican Party candidate’s name was…