Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Three Latino Candidates For The Waukegan District 60 School Board Will Remain On The Ballot, Lake County Electoral Board Ruled

Three of four candidates for the Waukegan District 60 Public School Board remain on the April 2019 ballot, according to the Lake County Electoral Board.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 2, 2019

Waukegan, Illinois - On Wednesday, the Lake County Electoral Board (LCEB) after a four day hearing ruled that three of four Waukegan District 60 Public School Board candidates, Tania Flores, Juan Martinez and Miguel Rivera will remain on the April 2019 ballot and Margaret Carrasco who was also a candidate decided to withdraw her candidacy because she is also a candidate of Alderwoman for the Waukegan City Council. According to state law, no candidate can run in both a City Council position and in the Waukegan Public School Board at the same time.
Waukegan District 60 Public School Board candidate Alonzo Jenkins apparently called the four Latino candidates on Christmas Eve, according to Carrasco and told them to withdraw from the race or face a challenge of their candidacy due some minor irregularities when filling and filing their nomination papers. 
Flores was accused by Jenkins of not filling a statement of candidacy correctly  as required by state law in Illinois, but the LCEB found that Flores statement of candidacy was in compliance because it was turned in on time and the information in question was also included in other documents in the filing for candidacy.
Jenkins had similar challenges against Juan Martinez and Miguel Rivera. Rivera was appointed to the Waukegan District 60 Public School Board in March 2016.
Jenkins also faced a candidacy challenge by the Latino candidates, but will remain on the ballot.
 Jenkins is a Waukegan City employee and is related to Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham.

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