Peoria County Election Commission Observer Report

​The Peoria County Board of Election Commissioners met Tuesday, March 8, 2022, with Commissioners Manning, Williamson, and Bartolo present.  The Commission website now lists candidates who have filed for various positions in the County, including Peoria School District 150.  Filings are scheduled to close on Monday, March 14, at 5:00.  Everyone who was in line at 8:00 am on the 7th and has an opponent will go into a lottery to determine whose name appears first on the ballot.
  The new voting system has arrived except for a few pieces that were to arrive later that week.  First, everything will be tested to assure they are working properly.  This includes voting equipment, printers, and other equipment.  The following week staff will be trained on the equipment.  Training for judges will take place in April, followed by a mock election mid-month. 
   Pollbooks will be tested around the first of April. 
  After attending a run through of the equipment in DuPage County last month, Director Tom Bride said the slowest point of the election process is checkin.  There are also discussions on ways to work with handicapped voters.  The old equipment goes back to the vendor for recycling.
  The only legislation in the works concerns tweeks and the clean up of language in previous bills.
 
Irene Pritzker, Observer