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PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County is closer to getting a new voting system that could be ready to go for the midterm elections. The County's Finance and Wa...
Kristin McHugh/WCBU With the Peoria mayor’s office and five city council seats at stake in Tuesday's municipal election, Thomas Bride expects turnout to be above average in the city – but that may not hold as true throughout the county. Bride, the Peoria County Election Commission's executive director, said early voting participation is up 28% from two years ago, and noted February’s primary was up 6% over compared with recent primaries. “I think we'll be above the primary election in the city of Peoria, but I think overall county-wide for this election, you're going to have area...
Supplied photos LaTrina Leary and Frank Abdnour will have to wait at least another week before finding out which one of them won the Democratic primary for Peoria Township supervisor. The race remains uncalled with Leary now leading the incumbent Abdnour by four votes, 3,097-3,093. The margin was just a single vote when the last Election Night results were posted on Tuesday. Peoria County Election Commission Executive Director Thomas Bride said his office will continue to process additional mail-in votes that were sent before and the throughout next week before certifying the results on Mar...
Early voting begins today across Illinois PEORIA (WEEK) -- Early voting started on January 14th for consolidated primary elections on February 23rd. The city of Peoria primary will have the mayor, treasurer and city council races. Peoria Township has a race for supervisor on the ballot. There are five candidates running for mayor, so this election narrow it down to two people for the April 6th election. Peoria County Election Commissioner, Thomas Bride, said sometimes these local elections come down to one vote. "Local races really have a bigger effect on a day ...