D65 Candidate Tossed Off Ballot
Paperwork gaffe costs candidate; write-in campaign considered
Running for office can be tricky and District 65 candidate Peter Kaplan just found that out the hard way. Kaplan, 42, thought he had filed all the necessary paperwork to make his initial run for elective office in a campaign to join the D65 School Board. But he found out Wednesday that because he had not given a receipt of a Statement of Economic Interest to District 65, his name has been taken off the ballot. “This was a total honest mistake,” Kaplan said. “I can only blame myself for this one. I thought I filed everything I needed to file.” Kaplan said he had filed the form with the Cook County Clerk’s Office, but the receipt of that never got in the hands of the proper authorities at D65. All of the necessary documents for candidates …
