WSDR, Inc. v. Ogle County

Respondent, Ogle County Board (Board), appeals from a writ of mandamus of the Circuit Court of Ogle County ordering that its members at the next regular or adjourned session announce publicly for whom they voted in the election for county board chairman held on December 1, 1980. We affirm.

On December 1, 1980, the Board held an organizational meeting including the election of a Board chairman. Two members of the Board had been nominated for the position, William Motter and Robert Gingerich. Following the nominations there was a motion that the vote be by written ballots, which motion was…