Only one Cook County judicial vacancy in the special judicial filing period

I offer the foregoing headline with just the teensiest wiggle room. The ISBE website shows only one Cook County judicial vacancy occurring during the special judicial filing period as of Friday, October 31. Technically, the last day on which a vacancy could occur and fall within the special judicial filing period was yesterday, Monday, November 3.

The special judicial filing period applies to judicial vacancies occurring during the three week period preceding the close of the regular filing period (which, again, was yesterday).

Only one such was reported. The 5th Subcircuit vacancy of Judge Dominique C. Ross was certified as of October 31.

Persons interested in filing for her vacancy may do so between November 17 and November 24.

It's a very tight window in which to collect signatures and do all the other things necessary to qualify for the ballot -- but this is the opportunity that now exists.

Judge Ross was elected to a 5th Subcircuit vacancy in 2008. She was the Democratic Party's slated candidate for a vacancy on the Appellate Court in 2022, but lost in a three-way race.