BELLEVILLE – State records show the owners of a company hired to post election results online for St. Clair County made campaign contributions to a former county clerk. Donations included one just days before the contract renewal was to be considered.
The Belleville News-Democrat reported that Platinum Technology Resource of St. Charles donated $200 to then-clerk Bob Delaney in 2013. Days later the company sought contract renewal. The county board approved it.
Company owner Mary Pat Bennett's family donated more than $3,000 to Delaney over a period of years.
The no-bid contract pays the company $826,560. The company's website crashed for hours during the March 15 election.
