Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons said that the tabulating of mail ballots will resume Monday because of Veterans’ Day. Only the race for the 6th Circuit judgeship remains too close to call. The number of mail ballots yet to be counted could grow if more are postmarked by election day arrive by Nov. 22. 

The Champaign County Clerk and Recorder’s office urged patience as “connectivity issues and server performance” slowed down voting at some polling locations on election day. The Clerk attributed the problems to cyber attacks on the network and servers. 
 
Champaign County is one of three out of 108 election jurisdictions in the state where voters can vote at any polling place. A “custom ballot” is printed out on the spot for each voter, which might also have been a factor in the delays at some locations. 

After a tax hike proposal designed to alleviate overcrowding in Mahomet-Seymour public schools failed by a 60 to 40 percent margin, school officials will reflect how to proceed. The measure would have raised taxes by $59.4 million to build a new junior high school. “The significant overcrowding and substandard conditions at our junior high will continue to be critical issues that we will work with our community to address,” said school board President Max McComb. 

 “A Champaign County judge Saturday reversed an earlier order limiting a top staffer from the Champaign County clerk's office from dealing with election business after purported election ballots were seen in her unattended car last month. 
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The judge said there was a factual dispute over whether ballots an election judge saw … at the Brookens Administrative Center were official or unofficial test ballots. The judge will hold another hearing Monday on the dispute.”

The District 4 and 5 candidates were asked the following questions:

• A good chunk of the population probably couldn’t name the district they live in and their representative on the county board. What’s your best argument for why they should care about this election, and the board itself? Why do you want this role, at this time?
• What are three adjectives to describe the kind of representative voters
 would get in you?
• These are hyper-partisan times we live in, which has been evident in county board meetings on several occasions. Is it possible for members of 
the two parties to work together? Is it necessary?
• If elected, what issue would you make priority No. 1 — and how would you
 go about solving it? 
• Why are you the best person for the job?

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 The candidates' answers to more of the six questions posed are accessible under the Election 2022 tab on the News-Gazette's website (https://www.news-gazette.com/election/2022/).

The Mahomet-Seymour School Referendum asks voters to approve an increase in the property tax in order to build a new junior high school to alleviate overcrowding in the current school.

​In this article, four residents  said how they would vote and why. Two said they would vote for it, saying that the need is real and Mahomet would protect the quality of its schools. It is better to pay now rather than pay more later on to address the problem. Two voters said they would vote against, saying that the timing is not right for a tax hike now. There is no comprehensive development plan. The current school building is not in such bad shape that it could not be upgraded rather than build a new school

 On November 6, Tom Kacich evaluates the status of the race for the 104th Congressional District (Marron R v. Cunningham D), noting the consequences of redistricting and focusing on the financial resources fielded by both campaigns

This item was adapted from a November 3 article in The News-Gazette by Debra Pressey.