No Challenges Filed Against Candidate Petitions: DuPage County Clerk

DUPAGE COUNTY, IL — For the second consecutive year, no challenges were filed against candidate petitions in DuPage County, according to County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek.

“It was unprecedented in 2022 when no candidate petition challenges were filed here,” Kaczmarek said in a statement.“We just surpassed our own record.”

According to the clerk's office, DuPage County was a rare exception in 2022, when several Illinois counties reported receiving ballot exceptions.

Kaczmarek continues, "I had observed candidate petition objection hearings in DuPage for years as a private citizen. It really bothered me to watch well-meaning potential candidates being tossed off the ballot because of minor flaws or the inability to afford an attorney."

The General Primary Election is slated for March 19, 2024 in DuPage County.