Final counts don t change results of close Fox Valley races
Updated 4/21/2021 4:22 PM
Just two votes were the final margin of victory in a pair of Fox Valley-area races that were too close to call until Tuesday s deadline for counting the final ballots in the April 6 election.
In Burlington, Mary Kay Wlezen defeated two-term incumbent village president Bob Walsh by a margin of 47 votes to 45.
Walsh said he was disappointed, but accepted the final outcome. When there s that low a count, there s really not much chance for an error, he said.
In St. Charles Unit District 303, Ed McNally, Heidi Fairgrieve and Carolyn Waibel were the top three finishers, with Kate Bell edging out Jim Stombres by two votes, 3,278 to 3,276, for the last board seat.
The McHenry County clerk releases new, corrected election results McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio fills a secure blue bin with recounted paper ballots inside the voting tabulation room at the McHenry County Administrative Building on Thursday in Woodstock. Matthew Apgar/Shaw Media
Updated 4/9/2021 4:42 PM
The McHenry County clerk s office has released new, corrected results for Tuesday s local consolidated election.
After a technical error with the office s ballot tabulation devices led to a full recount of votes Thursday, the new results were posted to the county s election results webpage just before 12:50 p.m. Friday.
These results are still unofficial and will not be finalized and certified until two weeks after Tuesday s election, according to Illinois state statute. Late-arriving vote-by-mail ballots and provisionally cast ballots could still be counted.