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RICHARDSON v. ROCK ISLAND CTY. OFF. ELEC. BD.

No. 82136.

688 N.E.2d 633 (1997)

179 Ill.2d 252

227 Ill.Dec. 940

Michael RICHARDSON, Appellee, v. The ROCK ISLAND COUNTY OFFICERS ELECTORAL BOARD et al. (Susan Carpentier et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Cowen, Cowen, Crowley & Nord, Chicago, Thomas L. Kilbride, Rock Island, for Susan J. Carpentier.

Michael Richardson, Rock Island, for Michael Richardson, Rock Island County Officers.

Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The dispute in this constitutional law case centered on the number of signatures required to place a referendum on the ballot to dissolve a township. The Illinois Constitution provides that townships may be dissolved, "when approved by a referendum in the total area in which township officers are elected." Ill. Const. 1970, art. VII, § 5. The Constitution, however...

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