In all contests of aldermanic elections either party shall have the right to have the package or packages of ballots which have been returned to the proper clerk or to the board of election commissioners, as required by law, opened before the committee conducting the hearing, in the presence of the officer having the custody thereof, and to have such ballots then and there counted by such committee, and the city council may require the same to be done by said committee in open session of the city council or may require a recount in open session in such manner as it may direct; provided, that such ballots shall not be counted where the contest is dismissed under the provisions of Section 2-8-220.
(Prior code § 4-9)