Hamm v. TOWNSHIP OFFICERS OF TP. OF BREMEN ELECTORAL BOARD

PRESIDING JUSTICE O’MALLEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Objector, George Murphy, filed an objection to Bremen Township supervisor candidate Sarah Hamm’s timely filed nominating petition. The candidate filed a motion to dismiss objector’s petition as untimely, which the Bremen Township Electoral Board denied. Based on the merits of the objector’s petition, the Board determined that the candidate’s nominating petition failed to meet the minimum number of signatures required by law for placement on the April 7, 2009, ballot for the office of township supervisor and struck her name from the…