nonpartisan elections

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.

Millburn Township voters rejected nonpartisan elections, opting instead to require political candidates to disclose party affiliations on ballots. The decision followed a 'vitriolic' election in the township.

A district attorney has filed a lawsuit challenging a Georgia law that mandates nonpartisan elections for most local officials in five Atlanta-area counties, but not elsewhere in the state. The law removes party labels from ballots in these counties, creating a discrepancy with other parts of Georgia.

A judicial ethics panel in Georgia concluded that Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin, candidates for the state Supreme Court, likely violated judicial ethics rules by publicly endorsing each other and discussing abortion rights. The candidates, who are challenging current justices in nonpartisan elections, argue the findings infringe on their free speech rights.