Bazydlo v. Volant

Paul Bazydlo contested the outcome of an election for village president of Ladd, Illinois. The trial court excluded 28 uninitialled ballots from the election count and declared Bazydlo the winner. The appellate court reversed, concluding that those ballots should have been included in the election results, thereby making Bazydlo’s opponent, Harry Volant, the winner. (264 Ill. App. 3d 105.) We allowed Bazydlo’s petition for leave to appeal (145 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)), and now affirm the appellate court.

BACKGROUND

On April 20, 1993, the Village of Ladd held a general election for village president.…