Krauss v. Board of Election Commissioners

Appellants, 13 registered voters of the 22nd precinct of the 46th ward and five registered voters of the 21st precinct of the 21st ward in the City of Chicago (voters), present a consolidated appeal from the dismissal of their complaints challenging the validity of ballots used in local option elections held on April 4, 1995. The local option elections were held to determine whether to allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor in those precincts. Afterwards, voters from both precincts promptly filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County challenging the validity of the election ballots and…