Scribner v. Sachs

This appeal is from an order of the circuit court of Lake County dismissing appellants’ statement of contest to obtain a recount of all ballots cast at the general election of November 4, 1958, on the proposed amendment to article VI of the constitution of Illinois. The contestants appeal directly to this court pursuant to section 23 — 30 of the Election Code. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 46, par. 23—30.

On December 8, 1958, the State Electoral Board announced its determination that the judicial amendment to the Illinois constitution had not been adopted. Thereafter, on the same day the…