(10 ILCS 5/23-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 23-6.1)
Sec. 23-6.1.
Whenever an election contest for a municipal trustee or alderperson
is brought involving ballots from the same precincts which are subject to
the jurisdiction of the circuit court by virtue of the pendency of an election
contest for another office, the municipal council or board of trustees having
jurisdiction of the municipal election contest shall have priority of access
and possession of the ballots and other election materials for the purpose
of conducting a recount or other related proceedings for a period of 30
days following the commencement of the municipal election contest. The
election authority shall notify the court and the municipal council or board
of the pendency of all other contests relating to the same
precincts.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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