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Early voting continues for Bourbonnais primary election

Current mayor faces challenge

By Jeff Bonty
A voter casts their ballot at Bourbonnais Municipal Building in Nov. 2022.

A voter casts their ballot at Bourbonnais Municipal Building in Nov. 2022. There will be seven polling places open for early voting ahead of the Feb. 25 primary election day, with some voters using a different location for the primary. (Daily Journal/Tiffany Blanchette)

BOURBONNAIS – Early voting continues for the Feb. 25 consolidated primary election.

The only race is for the Bourbonnais Citizens Party’s mayoral candidate.

It pits current Mayor Paul Schore against Trustee Jeff Keast. Schore is seeking a fifth term.

Schore and Keast are both members of the Bourbonnais Citizens Party.

This is the third time the two have faced off in the mayoral race.

Schore defeated Keast in the 2017 mayoral election. Keast was already on the board as a trustee. In April 2013, Schore defeated Keast.

Both times, Keast ran as an independent.

The Feb. 25 primary winner will face Dave Zinnani, the Bourbonnais Township Park District board president, of the People’s Choice Party, in the April 1 consolidated general election.

Only voters in the village of Bourbonnais are eligible to cast a ballot.

Kankakee County Clerk Dan Hendrickson said that as of Thursday, 84 early votes have been cast.

Early voting continues through Feb. 24 in the county clerk’s office in the Kankakee County Administration Building at 189 E. Court St. in Kankakee.

Voting takes place during normal office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The office will be open for early voting from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 22.

Primary polling places

There will be seven polling places open. Some voters will be voting in a different location for the primary.

• Village of Bourbonnais voters residing in Manteno No. 5 will cast their ballot at Cornerstone Church, 855 W. 5000N Road in Bourbonnais.

• Village of Bourbonnais voters residing in Bourbonnais No. 12 will cast their ballots at the Municipal Building (downstairs), at 700 Main St. NW in Bourbonnais.

• Village of Bourbonnais voters residing in Bourbonnais No. 17 will cast their ballot at The Grow Center, 310 Main St. NW in Bourbonnais.

County Clerk Dan Hendrickson said affected voters will be receiving a postcard this week informing them of this relocation. This is in effect only for the consolidated primary election.

Those with questions can call the clerk’s office at 815-937-2990.