Peoria County Election Commission

It appears the Feb. 28 primary election for the five Peoria city council at-large seats may be off.

It appears Democrats will retain control of the Peoria County Board, albeit with a slightly smaller margin.

While Peoria County saw less than 50% turnout, Tazewell County predicts a 60% turnout rate after vote-by-mail ballot acceptance ends.

Election officials are preparing for an unprecedented number of poll watchers this year.

A little over 18% of registered Peoria County voters participated in Tuesday’s primary election, according to Election Commission executive director Thomas Bride.

Peoria County Election Commission Executive Director Thomas Bride says they would like to hire about 50-75 election judges for June 28.

The Peoria County Board is expected to authorize spending $1.24 million to purchase 83 new paper-ballot voting machines and upgrade electronic poll books.

A discovery recount in Peoria’s April 6 mayoral election shows no difference in the ballot count.

Peoria mayoral candidate Jim Montelongo filed a discovery recount request with the Peoria County Election Commission on Monday afternoon, shortly before…

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