Whitler v. Macoupin County

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The question presented here is whether, under sections 23 — 20 and 23 — 23 of the Election Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 46, pars. 23 — 20, 23 — 23), a candidate for office who, according to the official canvass of the election, has lost by an extremely narrow margin, can obtain a recount upon a showing that the computer used to tally the ballots for the entire election was not operating properly but without showing that he would be the likely winner upon a recount. We conclude that he cannot and affirm the judgment appealed.

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