Scrementi v. Wilcox

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Elections
Citation
Case Number: 
2021 IL App (1st) 210238
Decision Date: 
Thursday, March 25, 2021
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 4th Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
GORDON

Plaintiffs challenged the requirement that any person seeking the Democratic nomination must present a full slate of candidates for each open office. After rules for nominations were announced, at a caucus meeting of Township Democratic Central Committee, one elector announced the nominations of her slate of candidates. Plaintiffs claimed that the refusal to consider different candidates who another elector attempted to nominate violated the first amendment. Court properly found that Plaintiffs lack standing to challenge constitutionality of section 45-50(b)(6) of Township Code because their alleged injury was not the direct result of the enforcement of the statute. (ELLIS and MARTIN, concurring.)