Shipley v. Stephenson County Electoral Board

Plaintiff Shipley is the proponent of two petitions for referendum filed on December 15 and 16, 1983, in Stephenson County pursuant to section 2 of “An Act authorizing certain counties to levy an additional tax ***” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 34, par. 2155). The petitions requested a referendum on an action of the Stephenson County Board, which authorized a .04% levy on the property owners of that county. Subsequently, it was discovered that the petitions had been notarized by persons who no longer had authority to notarize them under the Illinois Notary Public Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch.…