McLean County Clerk

Two candidates for Unit 5 school board will be on the ballot this spring after an electoral board on Tuesday struck down objections to their paperwork.

Just over 60% of registered voters in the McLean County Clerk's Office jurisdiction cast ballots in the midterm election on Tuesday, compared with 52.4% of Bloomington voters.

Despite county clerks being swamped with Freedom of Information requests about election security, no one from the public showed up to a question-and-answer session and voting machine demonstration in Bloomington.

The 90-minute forum hosted by the Bloomington-Normal NAACP at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Bloomington, featured Republican McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael, her Democratic challenger Laura McBurney, county treasurer Rebecca McNeil and Illinois state Sen. Dave Koehler.

According to the Bloomington Election Commission and McLean County Clerk's office, more Democrats have taken out more vote-by-mail ballots, but Republicans have been using the in-person early voting option more frequently.

The Democratic candidate for McLean County Clerk says a grassroots organization pushed her to run against incumbent Kathy Michae, a Republican.

A condensed election schedule in Illinois means candidates have less time to collect signatures to run for county and state offices in the June primary.

McLean County election officials are looking to spend close to $1 million to upgrade voting equipment.

Bloomington Election Commission Director Departs

A group of 10 Central Illinois county clerks say they're against a proposal to raise a fee that funds housing authority grants because of discrepancies in data reporting and unequal distribution of grants across the state.