Chicago Board of Election Commissioners

Chicago's school board election will have five candidates for president, but District 10a voters will only see one candidate after challenger Tameka Walton was removed from the ballot due to insufficient valid signatures. Other candidates faced similar challenges, with some removed and others awaiting decisions.

Chicago's transition to a fully-elected school board resulted in some districts having only one candidate on the ballot after signature challenges. Tameka Walton, a District 10a candidate, was removed due to insufficient valid signatures but plans a write-in campaign. Eleven candidates faced ballot removal challenges, with five remaining under review.

Five candidates for Chicago's elected school board were removed from the ballot by the city's Board of Election Commissioners, leaving some districts with only one candidate. Removed candidates have five days to appeal, and the board also dismissed challenges for five other candidates.

Chicago school board candidates will remain on the ballot after the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners rejected objections about 'dual-circulation' of petitions. The board ruled that petition circulators who also supported partisan candidates in Illinois' March primary did not violate election laws, despite challenges from 28 candidates facing signature validity concerns.