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Democratic Lake County Clerk Robin OConnor will run as a Republican in her reelection bid for the combined office of clerk and recorder of deeds.

To ensure the countys election officials can accurately and more quickly process votes by mail, Lake County leaders last week authorized a $1.65 million investment in upgrades that officials say will greatly speed up the procress.

Ticket holders for Jack’s Twisted Mansion report last-minute cancellations, poor communication and refused refunds.

The Lake County clerk debuted a new mobile office trailer with a mock election -- and Spider-Man won. Going forward, it will be used to bring services into local communities.

Longtime Lake County recorder launches campaign for new office Mary Ellen Vanderventer Updated 5/3/2021 7:16 PM The election isnt until November 2022, but one candidate officially launched her campaign Monday for what will be a new office in Lake County. Longtime Recorder of Deeds Mary Ellen Vanderventer, who in November was elected to a seventh term, announced shell be running for the newly combined office of recorder and county clerk.   Voters in November overwhelmingly approved ...

Narrow margins in many Lake County municipal races as vote counting ends   Updated 4/21/2021 7:04 PM This years election produced many tight races with narrow margins, leading candidates to wait as votes were counted before knowing their fate. But thats over now. At 5 p.m. Tuesday, the election results in the April 6 consolidated election were declared final in Lake County, and County Clerk Robin OConnor will sign a document Thursday making the results official.   Municipal Antioch ...

Updated 4/13/2021 5:57 PM Mayor Casey Urlacher attributed his victorious write-in campaign to the Mettawa residents who urged him to run after he received a pardon from former President Donald Trump. Urlacher declared victory in the race Friday after the Lake County clerks office reported hed earned 151 write-in votes in the April 6 election. His opponent, former Mayor Jess Ray, was the only mayoral candidate on the ballot and received 105 votes, according to unofficial results.   Urlacher, cu...

Illinois has some of the most liberal voting rules in the nation. None of them seemed to lure Lake County voters to their respective ballot boxes to decide municipal offices, township officials, library, park and school board members. These are decision-makers who have more say about our daily lives than federal or state elected officials.

Updated 4/8/2021 7:43 PM While winners can confidently be declared in most of the April 6 consolidated election races, the Mettawa mayor contest between incumbent Casey Urlacher and former mayor Jess Ray might not be known until next week. The reason for the delay? Urlacher is running as a write-in candidate.   Lake County Clerk Robin OConnor said her goal is for write-in ballots to be counted and uploaded to her offices website by Tuesday if not earlier. Mettawa, a village of about 550 reside...

What you need to know to vote in Tuesdays consolidated election   A voter casts his ballot at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer   Tuesday is the last chance to vote in the consolidated election, where voters decide who will represent them in school, municipal and other local matters. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer   DuPage County election judges Bonnie Farley, left, and Melissa Nachman help a voter get his paper ballot during early...