City Council Election Ballot Lottery Scheduled for Wednesday, December 1

Lottery Taking Place in Council Chambers of the Municipal Center

The lottery to determine ballot order of candidates who simultaneously filed petitions to run for the Naperville City Council in the 2011 Consolidated Election will take place on Wednesday, December 1 at 3:30 p.m. in City Council Chambers of the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St. The lottery is open to the public and candidates are not required to attend.

All petitions that were filed by people waiting in line at the City Clerk's office at or before 8 a.m. on Monday, November 15 - the first day to file candidacy papers - were considered simultaneously filed. Because two or more individuals were in line filing papers for the same office before 8 a.m. on that day, the City Clerk will determine the order of candidates' names on the ballot via a lottery. The State of Illinois requires that the City Clerk's office conduct a lottery within nine days after the last day of the petition filing period, which is Monday, November 22 at 5 p.m.

The order of filing determines the position of the candidate's name on the ballot. Any petitions that were submitted after 8 a.m. on November 15 will be filed in the order they are received.

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