Dorothy Brown off the ballot? #ChiMayor19

I haven't been following the whole petition objections process this year but the field has been whittled down from 21 late last year to 13 once the elections board ratifies a recommendation to remove circuit court clerk Dorothy Brown from the ballot:

On Friday night, a hearing officer at the Chicago Board of Elections Commissioners recommended that Brown’s name not appear on the Feb. 26 ballot because she didn’t have enough valid voter signatures. In Chicago, candidates for mayor must collect at least 12,500 valid signatures to appear on the ballot.

Brown fell 949 signatures short, according to Elections Board Spokesman Jim Allen. The validity of her signatures had been challenged by two of her contenders, businessman Willie Wilson and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.

Wilson dropped his challenge earlier this week, but Preckwinkle didn’t.

And at a Friday night hearing, attorneys for Brown didn’t show up with any signed affidavits to prove her contested signatures were valid, Allen said. Instead, they asked for an extension, which the officer refused.

Brown isn’t officially off the ballot until the board ratifies the hearing officer’s decision at its next meeting, which could happen Tuesday. But in practice, it’s rare that the board goes against an officer’s recommendation, Allen said.

Dorothy Brown is a seasoned veteran of the process and I can't believe she didn't ensure that her signatures were valid and that she would remain on the ballot. What went wrong?

Of course since I see nothing has been updated at the Chicago Board of Elections as of Monday night, it's not over until it's over. We shall see on Tuesday...

UPDATE 1:45 PM - A couple of tweets which are updates. She has been taken off the ballot.

That brings the field of mayoral contenders to 14. https://t.co/Tv76cIBCrg

— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) January 22, 2019

Brown says she’s going to sit down with candidates and will endorse someone, though that person won’t be Preckwinkle. pic.twitter.com/hEaSEVwPJq

— Rachel Hinton (@rrhinton) January 22, 2019

I wonder why WBEZ says 13 as opposed to 14. Either way there are other objections out there!

Schedule for 9th ward petition objection hearings

We covered some of the developments over in the 6th Ward as part of our 2015 election coverage for wards 6, 9, and 21. Well today we turn our attention to the 9th Ward. One of these petition objection cases - for candidate Marcia Brown - is scheduled to be decided TODAY December 12th.

Now what you see listed below are the case numbers, the objector, the candidate, the office, the date and time of hearing, the location within board of elections HQ on Washington Street, and finally the hearing officer.

• 15-EB-ALD-017 | George Brown | Michael E LaFargue | 9th Ward Alderman | 12/16/14 10:00 AM | Lower Level Conference Room | Yamil Colon
• 15-EB-ALD-018 | George Brown | Harold "Noonie" Ward | 9th Ward Alderman | 12/17/14 1:00 PM | Lower Level Conference Room | William P. Jones
• 15-EB-ALD-019 | George Brown | Agin Muhammad II | 9th Ward Alderman | 12/18/14 9:30 AM | Lower Level Conference Room | Yamil Colon 
• 15-EB-ALD-020 | George Brown | Theodore "Ted" Williams | 9th Ward Alderman | 12/18/14 11:30 AM | Lower Level Conference Room | Yamil Colon 
• 15-EB-ALD-021 | George Brown | Curtiss Llong Bey | 9th Ward Alderman | 12/16/14 9:00 AM | Lower Level Conference Room | Yamil Colon 
• 15-EB-ALD-022 | George Brown | Marcia Brown | 9th Ward Alderman | 12/12/14 11:00 AM | Lower Level Conference Room | Yamil Colon 

You can check out this document for board of election petition objections here.

More petition objections info and a withdrawal in the 6th ward

Yesterday JP posted about petition objection hearings for 6th Ward alderman candidates. Today Worlee posted an update regarding an early withdrawal in Dumars Franklin and that means he will be struck from the 2015 page. Mr. Franklin we hardly knew you!

In any event I wanted to be sure to share this document from the board of elections regarding the hearing schedule. Worlee is definitely helping to keep an eye out for any news regarding candidates in our 2015 election coverage for wards 6, 9, & 21. Now you can do the same in that arena with that document.

In the meanwhile we'll keep our eyes out for anything new regarding aldermanic candidates.

Petition objection webinar

From our friends at Aldertrack

Particpate in Aldertrack's first webinar. Jimm Dispensa and Mike Fourcher will provide an overview of the petition objections so far, a review of the process and a Q&A. Open to all, but preference given to Racing Form subscribers. Wednesday, December 3 at 9:00 am CDT. Register here.

We encourage you to check it out!

Aldertrack has had some great resources over the years, and this year, they made it very affordable to keep track. However, we will continue our own coverage as well.

Aldermanic Objection list

Here are the the upcoming objections for 6th ward aldermanic candidates. It can be found here from the Chicago Board of Elections.

The list includes the following info:

1. Case Number (Links do not include recapitulation sheets)
2. Objector(s)
3. Candidate
4. Office
5. Ward/City
6. Hearing Time
7. Location
8. Hearing Officer

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11-EB-ALD-059 Denise Smith Cassandra

Goodrum Burton

Alderman 6th Ward 400 pm

12/15/10

Building’s Lower

Level Conf. Room

Frank A. Tedesso

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11-EB-ALD-060 Vinona Summers Bobby Joe Johnson Alderman 6th Ward 500 pm

12/13/10

Building’s Lower

Level Conf. Room

Frank A. Tedesso

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11-EB-ALD-067 Vinona Summers Sekum Walker Alderman 6th Ward 400 pm

12/16/10

Building’s Lower

Level Conf. Room

Frank A. Tedesso

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11-EB-ALD-068 Denise Smith Burundi Davis Alderman 6th Ward 400 pm

12/13/10

Building’s Lower

Level Conf. Room

Frank A. Tedesso
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11-EB-ALD-069 Denise Smith Brian E. Sleet Alderman 6th Ward 200 pm

12/13/10

Building’s Lower

Level Conf. Room

Frank A. Tedesso

Petition challenge hearings today

Courtesy of Concerned Citizens of Chatham. What you see listed area the case numbers, the objector, and the candidate. Below those are the hearing time and the reason for the objection.

11-EB-ALD 303 Delton Pierce Cassandra Goodrum Burton
Hearing Time 12/6/2010 11:00am - Discrepant Signatures

11-EB-ALD 307 Delton Pierce Bobby Joe Johnson
Hearing Time 12/6/2010 11:30am - Discrepant Signatures

11-EB-ALD 299 Delton Pierce Sekum Walker
Hearing Time- 12/6/2010 12:00pm - Voter Registration address does not match petition address

11-EB-ALD 068 Delton Pierce Burundi Davis
Hearing Time-12/6/2010 12:30pm- Delinquent Parking Fines

11-EB_ALD 309 Delton Pierce Brian E. Sleet
Hearing Time-12/6/2010 1:45pm- Discrepant Signatures

When there are rulings, be sure to check back here. And if there are future hearings we will inform you here as well.

You can check out this schedule courtesy of the Chicago Board of Elections. You can also check out this document from the Board of Elections with regards to petition objections.