In Re Contest of the Election for the Offices of Governor

On November 2, 1982, the voters of this State cast their ballots to elect, among other officials, a governor and a lieutenant governor. On November 22, 1982, the State Board of Elections certified the results of the election, which certification showed as to the Republican and Democratic candidates for these offices the following results:

James R. Thompson and George H. Ryan

(Republican) 1,816,101

Adlai E. Stevenson and Grace Mary Stern

(Democrat) 1,811,027

Thus, the certification revealed that the Republican candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, Thompson and Ryan, had been elected by a…