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SAMOUR, INC. v. BOARD OF ELECTION

No. 1-04-3630.

839 N.E.2d 1054 (2005)

362 Ill. App.3d 12

298 Ill.Dec. 407

SAMOUR, INC., by Niru PATEL, Raymond Osorio, Geraldine Handbrough, Beverly West, Joanne E. Donegan, Joseph E. Poole, Oretha Palmer, Albert E. Tate, Donna Mitchell, David Smith, and Joann Perry, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF the CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Scanlon and Joan T. Agnew, James M. Scanlon & Associates, P.C., Chicago, for Appellant.

Michael E. Lavelle, Esq., William J. Cooley, Esq., Chicago, for Appellees.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case is whether errors in Chinese translation on a ballot used in a referendum election held under the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (the Act) (235 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 2004)) invalidated the election. The two errors were: (1) the transposition of the ward and precinct numbers in two locations on the ballot; and (2) an imprecise translation of the phrase "sale at retail." While the trial...

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