McHenry County sheriff candidate Tony Colatorti will stay on the June ballot after the county s electoral board unanimously decided he met the requirements set by the state to hold the office.
A Springfield man was found guilty by a federal jury of second-degree murder in the shooting of McHenry County sheriff s Deputy Jacob Keltner and the attempted murder of three other U.S. marshals.
Two of the three McHenry County electoral board members tasked with deciding whether a McHenry County sheriff candidate can stay on the ballot will voluntarily recuse themselves from the matter, they said Friday.
A hearing to determine whether a sheriff hopeful will remain on the June ballot was pushed to Friday after attorneys for both the objectors and the candidate raised concerns about potential bias among electoral board members.