When asked about the main role and duties of the clerk, Kaczmarek listed: “Residents will be more conveniently able to access the information they are looking for at one central location,” she said. “I want to cross train employees to more efficiently allocate staff time throughout the year - especially around election season spikes,” she said.īecause the consolidation of the election commission and clerk’s office meant inheriting separate websites, “now our staff is working to create a single county clerk’s website that will go live after the election,” Kaczmarek said. If elected to another term as clerk, Kaczmarek said her goals include consolidating the previously separated offices of the clerk and election commission as well as focusing on cross training employees and consolidating the clerk’s office and election commission websites. It’s never connected to the internet and is impossible to hack.” “Our system was certified by the state of Illinois to meet the highest election standards. Regarding security, “we are working with brand new voting equipment and 100% paper ballots, which is the gold standard in election security,” Kaczmarek said. “Also voters are concerned about accessibility and the election process.” “We are trying to overcome that and there is such a steady drum beat of misinformation,” she said. Regarding security, Kaczmarek said “voters hear a lot of misinformation and some voters believe that.” We are the first and only county to offer voting anywhere on Election Day.” “I feel DuPage County is a model for the state of Illinois in terms of accessibility. “Nationwide as well as here in the county, voters are concerned about accessibility because so many other states are putting up obstacles,” Kaczmarek said.

(Jean Kaczmarek / HANDOUT)ĭemocrat Kaczmarek, 65, a Glen Ellyn resident, said her top issues are “accessibility to voting, election security and (correcting) misinformation regarding the rhetoric out there about election lies.” Incumbent DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek, a Democrat, is running for a second term in the Nov.

Araknea - Livre 1 by Jean Kaczmarek