The court order from the Appellate Court on Severino’s appeal from a DuPage Circuit Judge rejecting his appeal to appear on the Republican primary ballot:
Severino sent this email to me yesterday:
The case was filed in bad faith. We had the requisite amount of signatures to be properly placed on the ballot. After the objector filed his objection, the Board of elections completed a record exam, which in essence is an evidence finding exhibition meant to clear any ambiguity, whether this should be ballot placement or not. However, in this case we proved they were an error over 12 1/2%.. We have been given expedited hearing status. I believe the fact that they were over 12 1/2% in error is newsworthy.
Here is what the Hearing Examiner found:
