Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 10 ILCS 5/23-1.9a

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
     Election contest – Statewide – Recommended findings of Circuit Judge. Each recount or hearing presided over by a Circuit Judge pursuant to Section 23-1.8a and 23-1.8b shall be concluded, as to a general election, on or before the 150th day after the election, and, as to a primary election, on or before the 87th day after the election, by the Circuit Judge’s issuance of written Recommended Findings of Fact on all disputed issues, including a proposed statement of the correct tally of votes for the contested election in each election jurisdiction in question. The Recommended Findings of Fact shall be forwarded immediately to the Supreme Court.