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JOHNSON v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

No. 46485.

57 Ill.2d 205 (1974)

311 N.E.2d 123

WILLIAM E. JOHNSON, Appellee, v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon G. Scroggins, of Granite City, for appellant.

Michael Levinson, of Springfield, and Thomas Feehan, of Joliet, for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In this action the circuit court of Sangamon County held that the State Board of Elections had erroneously construed the Constitution and the applicable statutes in ruling that candidates for judicial vacancies must run on a "head-on-head" rather than a "field" basis in the March 1974 primary election for the office of resident circuit judge in Madison County. The quoted terms are...

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