Niles Candidates Force Coin Toss; LoVerde Bows Out

Two full slates of candidates showed up to file at 8:30 a.m. Monday, forcing a lottery to see which will get first billing on the ballot. Also, Trustee Joe LoVerde, who was planning a mayoral run, nixes it for health reasons.

  After four candidates from the New Niles 2013 Party and four from the Responsible Leadership Party showed up Monday morning when the Niles Village Clerk opened up, they will force a coin toss or similar lottery to determine which goes first on the ballot. Earlier: Candidates was no time filing in Niles Village Clerk Marlene Victorine released a notice Wednesday saying Illinois Election Code requires, in a simultaneous petition filing instance like this, a lottery or some other impartial means of deciding which party goes first on the ballot.  Get Niles and Morton Grove news in a daily email from Patch. It's like getting a free newspaper. Learn more.  The lottery will be held Dec. 28 at 8:30 a.m. in the Village Hall Council Chambers, she …

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