Maksym v. Board of Elections Commissioners of the City of Chicago 

(Court opinion corrected 2/4/11.) Mayoral Candidate Emanuel satisfied residency requirement for candicacy. Meaning of residency requirement, for election purposes, has been long established, and Illinois law has been consistent on the matter. Municipal Code contains no indication that residency in Section 2.1-10-5(a) is intended to have anything other than its well-settled meaning. Board of Election Commissioners' factual findings as to Candidate's residency were not against manifest weight of evidence, as Candidate's acts fully support and confirm his declared intent not to abandon his Chicago residence. Board correctly determined that the Objectors had the burden of proof but had failed to prove, by preponderance of the evidence, that Candidate had abandoned his Chicago residency at any time during the one-year period before the upcoming February 22, 2011 election. (KILBRIDE, GARMAN, KARMEIER, and THEIS, concurring; FREEMAN and BURKE, specially concurring.)