Torres v. Board of Election Commissioners

On March 18, 1986, there was a special aldermanic election in the city of Chicago in which the plaintiff, Manuel A. Torres, and the defendant, Luis V. Gutierrez, were candidates for the office of aider-man in the 26th ward. According to the raw vote totals announced by the board of election commissioners for the city of Chicago and the canvassing board, Gutierrez was the apparent winner of that election. On March 21, 1986, Torres filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County seeking, among other things, to enjoin the board of election commissioners and Stanley T. Kusper, county clerk…