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Article: State high court to decide ballot Challenger claims incumbent violated nominating petition in circuit judge race.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- March 6, 2002
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Byline: Tony Gordon Daily Herald Legal Affairs Writer
The stage has been set for what should be the final conflict in the battle over Circuit Judge Mary Seminara Schostok's position on the March 19 primary ballot.
The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments March 12 over an objection filed by the wife of Schostok's opponent in the Republican primary, attorney Robert Morton, that her nominating petitions violate state law.
Morton claims Schostok refers to herself as "Judge Mary Schostok" numerous times in the biographical information on the back of 163 of the 170 petitions she circulated to gain a spot on the ballot. He said state ...