HOMER GLEN, IL — A crowded field of candidates in the race for Homer Glen Village Trustee has been slightly reduced after several filed objections against candidates led to removal by the Homer Glen Electoral Board.
17 candidates originally filed for three open Trustee positions. The amount of candidates triggered a consolidated primary election, which would have been held in February, before the April 1 election.
However, eight candidates have been removed from the ballot due to the objections. Village staff told Patch that there will not be a primary in February.
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Nine candidates now remain, and will appear on the April 1 ballot:
Reynders and LePore never had objections filed against them, but all the other candidates did.
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Those removed from the ballot include: Heidi “Hadley” Pacella, John Walters, Jennifer Trzos-Consolino, James “Jay” Roti, Cesar Marin, Theresa “Tammy” Hayes, Daniel Gutierrez and Ethan Fialko.
According to the Village, candidate Heidi Pacella had objected to Muller’s petition. Resident Craig Carlson objected to the petitions of 14 other candidates: Kate Surges, Kyle Surges, Fialko, Gutierrez, John Hayes, Theresa Hayes, Marin, Koukol, Modelski, Roti, Trzos-Consolino, Walters, Pacella and Pazmino.
As for why eight candidates were removed from the ballot, the Homer Glen Electoral Board gave reasoning for each at the Dec. 17 electoral board meeting.
Homer Glen Electoral Board attorney Michael Carroll said Cesar Marin was removed because he did not reside at the address given on his nominating papers.
Daniel Gutierrez was removed for having an insufficient number of signatures, and didn’t appear at any of the prior hearings, Carroll said.
Fialko was also removed for not residing at the address that was on his nominating papers.
Carroll said Heidi Pacella was removed for an improper nickname on her nominating papers.
James Roti, Jennifer Trzos-Consolino, Theresa “Tammy” Hayes and John Walters were removed due to incapability of offices, Carroll said. Roti and Theresa Hayes have filed to run for the Lockport Township High School Board of Education, Walters has filed to run for Will Country School District 92 Board of Education and Trzos-Consolino has filed to run for Homer CCSD 33C Board of Education.
The objections for Pazmino, Koukol, John Hayes, Katie Surges and Kyle Surgers were withdrawn, and so all will appear on the ballot. Modelski and Muller will also appear on the ballot after the Electoral Board ruled in November that both had enough valid signatures.
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