•September 23, 2020•

Moultrie County Clerk, Georgia England, announces that Sullivan CUSD #300 Board Candidate packets for the April 6, 2021 Consolidated Election are available for pickup in the Moultrie County Clerk’s office located in the Courthouse, 10 S. Main, Ste. 6, Sullivan, Illinois.
Circulation for Candidate Petitions is now to the last date of the filing period, which is December 21, 2020. Filing of Petitions will be in the County Clerk’s office beginning Monday December 14, 2020 to Monday December 21, 2020. Hours of filing are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except on the last day of filing, when the office will remain open until 5:00 p.m. If two or more candidates file their Petitions simultaneously as of the opening hour of the filing period (December 14) or within the last hour of the filing period (December 21), a lottery will be held December 22, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in the County Clerk’s office to determine candidate placement on the April 6, 2021 Consolidated ballot.
Four seats on the seven-member Sullivan Board of Education will be filled at the April 6, 2021 Consolidated Election. The terms for the four seats will expire in April 2025. There is also one 2-year unexpired term to be filled, with that term to expire in April 2023. School Board Member qualifications and requirements are: (1) be a registered voter; (2) be a U.S. citizen, age 18 or over, and a resident of the State of Illinois and the territory encompassing the district for one year preceding the Election; and (3) not be a child sex offender as defined in Section 11-9-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012. Membership on the Sullivan School Board is restricted to a maximum of 3 members from any congressional township. A prospective candidate may inquire at the Clerk’s office which townships have positions available.
For information regarding the duties of serving on the School Board, contact the Illinois Association of School Boards at www.iasb.com/training/community_resources.cfm. For additional information regarding the Petition packets and filing, please contact the Moultrie County Clerk’s office at 728-4389, or e-mail to georgia.england@co.moultrie.il.us

•September 23, 2020•

The Secretary of State’s office recently sent out a mailing regarding Vote by Mail, which is a little misleading and has caused many voters thinking that Vote By Mail is the only method of voting for the November 3, 2020 election.
People have three methods to vote in November:
• Vote By Mail
• Early Vote in the Clerk’s office starting on September 24
• Go to the Polls on Election Day
If Voters do not wish to Vote By Mail, all they need to do is to throw any correspondence referring to Vote By Mail away.
It our understanding that the Secretary of State’s office will be sending another reminder letter to Voter’s in October.
Most area counties have a County website with a Vote By Mail Application on it for registered voters to complete.
Reminder to individuals not registered to vote…it is not too late to register, registration ends October 6, but Grace Period Registration and Voting begins October 7 and runs through Election Day in the County Clerk’s office only, where a person can register and vote at the same time.