Marquez v. Aurora Board of Election Commissioners

Plaintiff, David Marquez, appeals from a decision of the circuit court of Kane County denying his petition for a writ of mandamus, which sought an order directing defendant, the Aurora Board of Election Commissioners (Board), to count the write-in votes cast for Marquez as second ward alderman for the City of Aurora at the April 5, 2005, election and to declare him the winner if his votes exceed those cast for the other candidate. In the alternative, Marquez sought a declaratory judgment that the write-in votes for Marquez should be counted and that he should be certified the winner if the…