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Peoria mayoral candidate Jim Montelongo filed a discovery recount request with the Peoria County Election Commission on Monday afternoon, shortly before the statutory deadline.
On final count, Montelongo came just 43 votes short of claiming victory over Rita Ali in the closely-contested race to succeed outgoing Mayor Jim Ardis.
Montelongo previously forecasted his move for a discovery recount in an April 20 press release.
The recount could be used as part of a later court action to formally contest the election results if Montelongo chooses to go that route. The candidate has alleged the election commission mishandled mail-in ballots arriving after April 6, but the election commission defends its practices.
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Andre Allen believes Tuesday’s guilty verdicts in the case of George Floyd’s death can serve as a step in the right direction toward better community policing.
“I think this will be something that we ll look back in our history as a turning point,” said Allen, the outgoing chairman of Peoria’s Police-Community Relations committee who was recently elected as the next Fourth District city council member.
“I think it has an opportunity, even though it was a negative situation, to provide a lot of good when it comes to police accountability, which I think is very important when you re looking at how to build police and community relations.”
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