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County Clerk reports large number of mailed ballots remain unreturned ahead of election
Summary
County Clerk Karen Kinney told the Governance, Health & Administration committee that four early voting centers opened and raised concern that, of 9,749 mailed mail-in ballots, 4,891 were returned and 4,859 remained unreturned according to the transcript.
County Clerk Karen Kinney told the Rock Island County Governance, Health & Administration committee on March 9 that four early voting centers opened last Monday at Western Illinois University, Milan Municipal Center, Silvis City Council and the Moline Public Library.
Kinney reported specific participation figures: “4 early voting centers opened last Monday,” she said, and the transcript records that 9,749 mail-in ballots were mailed, 4,891 were returned and 4,859 remained not returned. The transcript also records 750 in-person votes at the clerk’s office and 519 votes at early voting centers. The transcript numbers do not arithmetically sum; the committee record lists them as provided by the clerk.
Kinney also told the committee that the Western Illinois University building normally used as a polling site has been sold and no longer offers the same space, a change election staff said is constraining polling operations. No committee action was taken on the report; the item was presented as an informational update.
