Rita Ali leads Jim Montelongo by 41 votes in Peoria mayoral election pjstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pjstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rita Ali still leads Jim Montelongo in Peoria mayor race pjstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pjstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Peoria County s election chief is disputing a mayoral candidate s claims that ballots aren t being properly handled during a tight election race. Peoria City Councilman Jim Montelongo s campaign on Monday released a letter sent last week claiming that Illinois law isn t being followed in the handling of mail-in ballots. He claims, through attorney Bill Atkins, that ballots haven t been properly segregated by days of receipt, so it s impossible to tell which days they came in. Montelongo and City Councilwoman Rita Ali are locked in a close contest to succeed Jim Ardis as Peoria s mayor. The lead was held by Montelongo – by a 73-vote margin – on election night but, as vote-by-mail ballots have arrived, the lead has flipped. Ali now holds a 35-vote lead.