Lipinski v. Chicago Board of Election Commissioners

This appeal results from a proposed referendum for the November 4, 1986, election in the city of Chicago providing:

“Shall the mayor, the treasurer and the clerk of the City of Chicago be elected on a non-partisan ballot, by at least a 50% majority vote, but if no candidate receives at least 50% of the votes cast for the respective office, then in a run-off election between the two candidates for the office who received the greatest number of votes for that office at the initial election?”

The referendum proposition (the nonpartisan referendum) was initiated by petition pursuant to section 28 —…