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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 le...

Originally published on April 8, 2021 7:20 pm Updated results posted by the Peoria County Election Commission on Thursday afternoon have flipped and tightened Peoria’s mayoral race. At-large city council member Rita Ali now holds a 23-vote advantage over District 4 representative Jim Montelongo, with 16,496 ballots counted. On Election Night, Montelongo led by 73 votes out of the 16,002 tabulated. The additional results came from recently received vote-by-mail ballots. Ballots postmarked by April 6 – Election Day – are valid. Election Commission executive director Tom Bride said count...

After Thursday's latest count, just 23 votes separate the contenders in Peoria's mayoral race. Rita Ali now holds the lead after entering the day with a 73-vote deficit. Both candidates are expected to pick up votes in the coming days. We won't know who the official winner is until April 20 because of vote-by-mail ballots. Here's an explanation on the process for determining a winner of a close race in Illinois. What happened Thursday, April 8? The counting of 488 mail-in ballots gave Rita Ali a 23-vote lead in Peoria's mayoral race on Thursday, a swing of nearly 100 votes. But there is sti...

What are next steps in Peoria's too-tight-to-call mayoral race? Chris Kaergard, Journal Star © MATT DAYHOFF/JOURNAL STAR Samantha Stevens, 17, left, who has worked as an election judge in two other elections, and Yvette Shockley, a 10-year veteran election judge, help voters Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at El Vista Baptist Church in Peoria. Entering Thursday, just 73 votes separate the contenders in Peoria's mayoral race. And while Jim Montelongo holds the lead, both candidates are expected to pick up votes in the coming days. We won't know who the official winner is until April ...

Live election coverage: Peoria mayoral race too close to call, goes to mail ballots Journal Star staff So far in the Peoria mayoral race, it’s Montelongo. But not by much. By a 73-vote margin with 100% of precincts reporting Tuesday night, Jim Montelongo led Rita Ali for the right to be Peoria mayor for the next four years. Montelongo received 7,983 votes, or 50.23%. Ali received 7,910 votes, or 49.77%. The totals included election-day ballots from all 95 city precincts, as well as early and mail voting. © Supplied photos Rita Ali and Jim Montelongo Outstanding mail-in vo...