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The results from the April 1 consolidated election in Edgar County have been finalized, according to Edgar County Clerk and Recorder August Griffin. As expected, the official results did not change the “un-official results” posted online immediately following Election Day.
In the state of Illinois, results from any election cannot be finalized until mail-in ballots, also known as absentee ballots, are received and counted. The process of accepting mail-in ballots and adding them to the votes cast by in-person voters can take two weeks.
“The Americans with Disabilities Act ensures people with disabilities can vote privately and without assistance, whether they vote in person at a polling place or by mail from home,” according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. “The Illinois State Board of Elections must provide a remote accessible vote by mail system that allows voters with print disabilities to electronically review, mark and verify their ballots using their assistive technology.”
Any qualified elector of the State of Illinois who is properly registered to vote may apply for a vote-by-mail ballot without specifying any reason for their absence on Election Day. Additionally, any registered or non-registered member of the United States Armed Forces while on active duty, members of the Merchant Marines, and/or U.S. Government employee serving outside the U.S., as well as his/her spouse and dependent(s) who expect to be absent from their county of residence on Election Day may apply for a vote by mail ballot.
The laws surrounding absentee ballots also require clerks and recorders to wait until all absentee ballots are accounted for before finalizing the results from any election. In Illinois, signature verification must begin within two days of receipt and mail-in-ballot counting begins after the polls close on Election Day.
Results from the April 1 consolidated election are as follows;
In Brocton, Chad Dudley was elected as village president with 19 votes. Dana Bogle received 23 votes for the position of Brocton Village Clerk. Three village trustees were elected to a four-year term: Justin Bruce, Brianna Roberts and Robert Dudley and two were elected to a two-year trustee term, Christie St Clair and Joh St Clair.
Seventy-one votes were counted in the village of Hume for the role of village president. The position was given to Seth Eads. Jackson Barry, Chandra Witt-Gerberding and Jacob Neill received the highest percentage of votes for the three open seats on the Hume village board.
In Kansas, Ross Carrell received 44 votes for village president, and Valerie Staggs received 51 votes for village clerk.
The three open trustee positions in Kansas were filled by Shaun Noel, Julie Toczyl and Nicholas Mitchell.
Bill McCord was elected to the position of Metcalf village mayor with 17 votes. No candidate ran for the position of Metcalf village trustee.
Kelly Adans, John Morris, and Katie Adams secured the three open seats on the Metcalf village board.
In Redmon, H. Shaen Watson was elected as village mayor. Skyler Milbourn was elected to a four year term as a Redmon village trustee, while Crystal Bayes and Kenneth Dowell were elected to two year terms.
Amy Gilmore received 12 votes for the role of Vermillion village mayor. The three seats on the Vermillion village board were filled by Roger Gilmore, William Pierson and Karla Pierson, each with 36 votes.
In the highly contested school board elections for Paris-Union 95, Faith Milam, Scott Foster and Greg Sabens secured victory over four other candidates.
The CUSD #4 school board had five individuals running for three four-year term seats and none running for two-year seats. Beth Keys, Jim Blue and Shelby Phipps secured the three open seats.
The Shiloh CUSD #1 school board’s three open seats were secured by Kraig Key, Tara Barrett-Duzan and Grant Norman.
In Chrisman, Shelley Good, John Rogers and James Spesard won the three available seats. Casey Bogue was elected as the Paris Township Highway Commissioner with 653 votes.
A full list of election results and their individual statistics is available at www.il-edgar.pollresults.net