Love v. Marcin

The only issue in this case is whether a proposition ballot to prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquor was in proper statutory form where it described the precinct by its legal or proper name. We agree with the trial court that it was, and affirm.

The plaintiffs in these consolidated actions seek to enjoin the election commissioners of the City of Chicago from filing with the Secretary of State of Illinois the reports of three “local option” elections held on April 1, 1975, on the grounds that the ballots listed the precincts only by their legal names and “failed to otherwise describe the…