UPDATED 2:05 P.M.
PEORIA, Ill. – The head of the Peoria County Election Commission says primary voting day is smooth sailing so far.
Executive Director Elizabeth Gannon says, as of 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, around 2,200 voters have cast their ballots at 30 polling locations, and the commission’s office.
That’s in addition to the around 7,500 ballots cast in early voting and vote-by-mail.
Gannon is hopeful to hit a goal of 15% voter turnout.
“I think we’ll hit that. I don’t think we’ll get to 20%, but we’ll definitely get over that 15% threshold,” Gannon said.
Gannon says there have been no major issues so far with voting on Tuesday. But she says the only problem that’s come up is confusion.
“We’ve got a lot of voters that are showing up, not understanding why they can’t vote,” Gannon said. “If you do not live within the city limits of Peoria, you do not have a primary election. Your opportunity to vote will be the consolidated election, which is April 1st.”
Gannon says the tallies on Tuesday night will not be official for about two weeks, saying that mail-in and dropbox ballots will need to be counted. She says that is expected to add a few hundred more to the vote totals.
Polls close at 7:00 P.M.
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PEORIA, Ill. – Tuesday is Election Day in Peoria.
Four primary races are being contested on Tuesday, where three have the top two vote-getters move on to the April 1st consolidated election.
For Peoria mayor, incumbent Rita Ali is being challenged by councilmen Chuck Grayeb and John Kelly.
Three candidates are vying to move on to April for City Treasurer. They are Brooke Sommerville, Asya Washum, and Jim Montelongo.
There’s three city council candidates vying for the top two spots for District Two; Alex Carmona, Krista Wresinski, and Estrella Diaz.
Peoria Township has two candidates for the Republican nomination for Assessor, Terry Grawey and Andrew Couri, where the winner will run unopposed in April.
Peoria County Election Commission Executive Director Elizabeth Gannon says voting will take place Tuesday in 30 different locations across Peoria. She says any eligible voter can cast their ballot at any location, not just the precinct they live in.
Stay with 1470 and 100.3 WMBD for Election Night results after the polls close.
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