Samour, Inc. v. Board of Election Commissioners

The issue in this case is whether errors in Chinese translation on a ballot used in a referendum election held under the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (the Act) (235 ILCS 5/1 — 1 et seq. (West 2004)) invalidated the election. The two errors were: (1) the transposition of the ward and precinct numbers in two locations on the ballot; and (2) an imprecise translation of the phrase “sale at retail.” While the trial court held omitting the words “at retail” from the Chinese translation was acceptable, it invalidated the election because of the transposition of the ward and precinct numbers. We affirm…