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Clerk: primary ran smoothly but polling-locator outage and touch-screen failures highlighted need for fixes

LaSalle County Taxes, Election & GIS Committee · March 25, 2026
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Summary

The county clerk reported that the primary election ran smoothly with about 500 judges, but committee members raised concerns about a nonworking polling-locator tool on election day and intermittent touchscreen failures at precincts; IT staff said vendor communication problems delayed detection and are being resolved.

The county clerk reported to the Taxes, Election & GIS Committee that the primary election proceeded on schedule with roughly 500 election judges and that most precincts opened on time, though staff handled a higher-than-usual number of call-offs by reassigning judges.

The clerk said provisional ballots (14 provisionals) are expected to be processed as signature verifications are completed and confirmed retab and final-canvas schedules. She also described rollout of a new statement-of-economic-interest…

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