McLean County Clerk

Bradley Beyer was the co-director of McLean County elections until September 2025. He's been granted conditional release while awaiting trial.

Turnout in McLean County (including Bloomington voters) reached only 21.2% in this midterm, nonpresidential year primary election. That’s the third straight decline in turnout in elections of this type.

The McLean County Board could decide to claw back more than $400,000 in budget overruns from County Clerk Kathy Michael's office. Board chair Elizabeth Johnston said depending on what invoices and other documentation Michael submits in the next month, the county general fund may need to be reimbursed.

McLean County Board members grilled County Clerk Kathy Michael for more than 40 minutes yesterday concerning more than $400,000 in budget overages in her office that Michael has asked the county to pay.

Nearly 4,000 voters in McLean County have cast ballots in person or by mail. That's about 3% percent of registered voters in the county.

The McLean County Clerk’s Office, which oversees voting through the county outside of Bloomington, and the Bloomington Election Commission [BEC], will offer early voting at their offices at the Government Center on weekdays Feb. 5 through March 16 and on the weekends of March 7-8 and 14-15.

Jeanette Barrett, a former and longtime McLean County clerk, has died at age 99. Barrett served as county clerk for 21 years and retired in 1998.

The two top election officials in McLean County also defended mail-in voting — a common practice that's facing renewed attacks from President Trump. He's made baseless claims about the security of mail-in ballots.

The U.S. Department of Justice last month requested information regarding statewide election procedures.

The study explores voter and candidate confusion in McLean County caused by having elections administered by two separate authorities.