People Ex Rel. Sullivan v. Powell

We granted the motion of petitioners, associate circuit judges of Cook County, for leave to file an original petition for mandamus to determine whether the respondent Secretary of State shall record their declaration of candidacy to succeed themselves and certify their candidacies for reelection in the November 8, 1966, general election.

Petitioners were elected judges of the newly created village court of Skokie for a six-year term on December 6, i960, under an ordinance passed pursuant to section 5 of the act then in force relating to city, village and town courts, (111. Rev. Stat. 1959,…