A new, little-known state law changed the requirements for running for sheriff.
Carmen Navarro Gercone, candidate for Cook County Sheriff, listens to members of the Cook County Electoral Board during a hearing at the Cook County Administration Building on May 4, 2022, in Chicago. The electoral board voted 2-1 to leave Carmen Navarro Gercone's name out of the June 28 election ballot.
Jessica Scheller, electoral board designee for State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, argued that the body must follow the rule of law in the SAFE-T Act in voting to remove Navarro Gercone. Scheller said her decision also will uphold the authority of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, which decided she did not meet the new law’s qualifications for sheriff.
Edmund Michalowski, designee for Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, agreed but did not elaborate in his remarks. After the vote, Navarro Gercone castigated state legislators for “changing the law in the middle of the night.” She also criticized Cook County Democrats, who are backing Dart, for instilling a”In the 191 history of the sheriff’s office, there has never been a woman, and all the stops have been pulled to prevent one from being on the ballot in this case as well,” she said.
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