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Bachman the first-ever Kendall County Democrat elected to be county clerk · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Buckman, the first ever Kendall County Democrat, elected to be County clerk
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  Written by Eric Shelkov. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlet. Kendall County
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  Board member Zach Bachman plans to resign from his seat next month
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  before getting sworn in as the new Kendall County clerk and Recorder.
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  Bachmann a Democratic board member since December 2022, beat longtime Kendall
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  County clerk and recorder Debbie Gillette in Tuesday's election, according to unofficial
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  results. His term on the County Board.
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  Doesn't expire until November 2028. He was reelected to the board in
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  2024. I can't be on the board and be clerk at the
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  same time, Bachmann said, so I
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  have to resign and then be sworn in as clerk. The Kendall
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  County Clerk and Recorder has various duties, including serving as the chief
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  election authority, issuing and maintaining vital records, and keeping the official minutes,
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  ordinances, and resolutions of
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  the Kendall counted, Board. Bachmann said he will take a private oath
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  on november thirtieth to make sure there is a clerk in place
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  during the transition. On december first, he will resign from his seat
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  and be sworn in along with the other candidates who secured wins
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  in Tuesday's election. I get sworn in before them because I have
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  to record the meeting, he said. The Kendall County Democrats will interview
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  candidates for the seat and the select someone for the Kendall County
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  Board to approve to fill the seat. The goal is for him
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  to resign immediately before he becomes clerk, so that the appointment can
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  happen immediately, said Kendall County Chair Mary Joe Wenmouth. With 100 of
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  the precincts counted, Gillette, a Republican, received twenty-two thousand four
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  hundred and eighty-five votes compared to twenty-six thousand two hundred and sixty-three
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  votes for Bachmann. Gillette has held the office since 2008. Bachmann is
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  the first Democrat to be elected Kendall County Clerk and recorder. I
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  believe our community deserves a state-of-the-art clerk and recorder's office that operates
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  with our shared values, making our elections more accessible and modernizing technology,
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  he said. For far too long our neighbors have had difficulties voting
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  and accessing vital records. Gillette said serving the people of Kendall County
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  has been a tremendous honor. Thank you for allowing me to be
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  part of your lives and for being such a meaningful part of
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  mine, she said in a Facebook post.