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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Candidate Petition for New Lenox School District Challenged; Hearing Set for Friday

Election 2013 is heating up. A signature on a petition for an incumbent candidate for the NLSD122 Board has been challenged.

New Lenox School District 122 Board of Education Kathy Miller's petition for nomination was challenged over a signature. A hearing on the validity of Miller's candidacy is set for 3 p.m. Friday at the Haven Administration Center. Miller was the last of nine candidates to file a nominating petition at 4:29 p.m. Dec. 26, the deadline for filing petitions for the April 9 primary election. The challenge comes from Nikki Sanders of New Lenox. Miller did not return a Wednesday night call from Patch. Sanders said in her objection filed on Jan. 3 at the District Office that Miller's nomination papers are "insufficient." Specifically, she challenges the petition circulator's signature. Page 4 of the five-page nomination petition shows reads that …

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