Elections, Politics, Schools

School Board Candidate Filing Locations set for April 4, 2017 Consolidated Election


David Orr Consolidated Election
Cook County Clerk David Orr. (PHOTO SUPPLIED)

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Filing locations, dates and times have been finalized for school board candidates running in the April 4, 2017 Consolidated Election. School board candidates will file with the Cook County Clerk’s office.

The candidate filing period is Dec. 12-19, 2016. About 750 candidates from 145 suburban Cook County school districts are expected to file paperwork to get on the ballot. A list of candidates who filed paperwork with the Clerk’s office can be found at cookcountyclerk.com/elections/candidatefiling.

The Clerk’s downtown office, as well as the election warehouse on the western Chicago border with Cicero, will be open the entirety of the filing period. In addition, candidate filing will be conducted at two suburban locations on the first day of filing, when most candidates historically have filed.

All candidates who are in line by 8 a.m. on December 12th will have their papers stamped with that time. If more than one candidate seeking the same office files at 8 a.m., a lottery will be conducted to determine whose name will appear first on the ballot. Candidates for the same office who file between 4 and 5 p.m. on Dec. 19, the last day of filing, will also be included in a ballot lottery for the last spot on the ballot.  Anyone who files between 8:01 a.m. on Dec. 12 and 3:59 p.m. on Dec. 19 will be on the ballot in the order they turned in their nomination paperwork.

The locations, dates and times are as follows:

Monday, Dec. 12: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cook County Clerk’s Office
69 W. Washington, Pedway
Chicago, IL 60602

Hawthorne Distribution Center
4545 W. Cermak Road, Entrance on Kenneth Avenue (enter by Blue awning)
Chicago, IL 60623 (on the border with Cicero)

Rob Roy Golf Course
505 E. Camp McDonald Rd.
Prospect Heights, IL. 60070

Tinley Park Convention Center
18451 Convention Center Dr., West Exhibit Hall
Tinley Park, IL 60477

Tuesday, Dec. 13 – Friday, Dec. 16: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 17: 9 a.m. to Noon
Monday, Dec. 19: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cook County Clerk’s Office
69 W. Washington, Pedway
Chicago, IL 60602

Hawthorne Distribution Center
4545 W. Cermak Road, Entrance on Kenneth Avenue (enter by Blue awning)
Chicago, IL 60623 (on the border with Cicero)

Information about how to file to be a school board candidate can be found at cookcountyclerk.com/RFO.

The transfer of filing responsibility from school districts to all Illinois election authorities – not just Cook County – was included in HB 105, an election omnibus bill signed into law on July 1, 2014. Since the filing period often overlaps with school districts’ winter break, as it does this year, many school districts did not wish to stay open solely for filing.

The Clerk’s office oversees candidate filing for even-year elections, including countywide elected officials and Cook County Board commissioners. Candidates for other local jurisdictions, such as municipalities and park boards, will still file with the district in which they are seeking election.

Another new law transferred oversight of objections to school board candidates to the Cook County Officers’ Electoral Board, which already hears objections to library, police, fire and sanitary district candidacies. The Electoral Board is chaired by the Clerk’s designee and also includes representatives from the State’s Attorney and Circuit Court Clerk.

This is a press release. The views expressed in this release are those of the writer and not necessarily those of eNews Park Forest.


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