Lack of lottery for Urbana ballot spots violated law

URBANA – City Clerk Phyllis Clark apparently violated state election law by failing to hold a public lottery to determine party ballot position for Urbana's April 7 municipal election.

Clark's mistaken interpretation of election law resulted in her political party, the Democratic Party, getting the coveted top-of-the-ballot position. And it has the Republican and Green party candidates for mayor and an independent mayoral candidate questioning how such a mistake could happen.

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