Peoria County updates election results after mail-in ballots counted
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The counting of about 2,000 additional mail-in ballots didn't change the outcome of the dozens of Peoria County races, but it did tighten up some of the races within the city limits of Peoria.
The Peoria County Election Commission released updated results late Tuesday afternoon that showed all the results that were the same as they were on Election Night.
Elizabeth Gannon, the commission's head, said there were an additional 2,035 ballots, which raised the overall voter turnout for the April 1 general election to 22.3%. Gannon did say there were still about 80 provisional ballots left to be counted on Thursday.
And it is possible that some mail-in ballots could still come in and be counted, as long as they were postmarked by Election Day.
No races, she said, flipped. However, two of the city council seats did tighten up. In the 2nd District, only 49 votes separate winner Alex Carmona's 1,473 votes from Estrella Diaz's 1,424.
In the 4th District, incumbent Andre Allen clung to a 51%-49% margin. After the addition of ballots, he had 2,209 votes to Jamie Messmore's 2,084 votes.
The other races in the 1st and the 5th District weren't affected, and the victory margins remained high with both incumbents retaining their seats, Denise Jackson in the 1st and Denis Cyr in the 5th.
Tim Riggenbach in the 3rd District was unopposed.
Mayor Rita Ali added slightly to her margin, gaining one percentage point to claim about 61% or 10,959 votes to At-Large Councilman John Kelly's total of 7,110 votes which was about 39.3%.
Latrina Leary maintained her 45% to 30% lead over Frank Abdnour for the Peoria Township Supervisor. Anita Meeker came in third with 24.6% of the vote. Those percentages were virtually the same from a week ago.
There is no automatic recount despite the closeness of the vote totals. A candidate can request one, but they'd have to pay for it, and also, it's not a full recount of all votes. Rather, it's a percentage of the overall vote total.
All ballots must have been postmarked and received when the polls closed on April 1 or Election Day. Some are from overseas or military members, so it takes a long time to get here. It's still possible more ballots could arrive by Thursday.
The election results will be made official on April 16, one day after the last day ballots can be counted.
This story will be updated.
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