Petitioner seeks a new election and requests costs and legal fees.
The appeal must be sustained in part. The facts giving rise to this appeal are undisputed. In April 1995, petitioner submitted his nominating petition, bearing 52 signatures, for a vacancy on the board of education. The petition contained a verification followed by petitioner's notarized signature. Due to suspected irregularities in the petition, the superintendent requested each of the candidates to again verify that every signature on his nominating petition was signed in his presence, as they had each attested on the original petitions submitted.