Tazewell County Elections

Two former Tazewell County Board candidates pleaded guilty Wednesday to failing to comply with the Illinois election code.

Tazewell County voters weathered the election day rain to head out to the polling location at Folepi’s Market Place in East Peoria.

At the bottom of each vote-by-mail ballot is a perforated section that needs to be ripped off before the ballot is mailed. The section contains a ballot tracking number, and a website and QR code that can be used to track the ballot.

Early voting is off to a record breaking start in Tazewell County, while Peoria County is seeing a drop-off from numbers during a pandemic-era election.

The voting process begins 40 days before election day with early voting and mail-in ballots. Elizabeth Gannon of the Peoria Election Commission said this year they had 10,000 mail-in ballots go out the first day of voting.

It is not yet decided if former President Donald Trump will remain on the primary ballot in Illinois after a Cook County judge ruled he should be removed.

Tazewell County offices are still without phone and email capabilities a week after a “cyber incident.”

Incumbents prevailed in local races in Peoria and Tazewell Counties Tuesday. Here’s a rundown of the races watched by Peoria Public Radio:Voters…