(10 ILCS 5/23-1.10a) (from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.10a)
Sec. 23-1.10a.
Election contest - Statewide - Final Decision by Supreme
Court. Within 15 days of the issuance of Recommended Findings of Fact by a
Circuit Judge, any party may serve and file with the Clerk of the Supreme
Court written objections to the Recommended Findings. Subsequent to the
time that all challenges to Recommended Findings of Fact by a Circuit Judge
are required to be filed, the Supreme Court shall determine the contest,
either annulling the contested election or declaring the correct results
thereof. The Supreme Court may make a de novo determination of those
portions of the Recommended Findings to which objection is made. The
Supreme Court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, any of
the findings recommended by a Circuit Judge, and may hear witnesses and
examine physical evidence to the extent it deems necessary for such
determination.
(Source: P.A. 86-873.)
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