Evans v. Preckwinkle

JUSTICE GREIMAN,

specially concurring:

I agree with the majority that plaintiff should have had an opportunity to amend his original petition. Without such an opportunity, the right to contest election results of a race for the office of alderman in the City of Chicago is an empty privilege.

For the sake of judicial economy, the parties have asked us to examine the sufficiency of the first amended complaint to determine whether there appears to be a reasonable likelihood that the recount will change the results of the election. The majority has chosen not to make that determination and, although…