That’s the word from the Rotary Building at Veterans Acres. Judges have been frustrated at least thirty minutes in Nunda Township Precinct 18 with a scanner that won’t work. Mary McClellan, McHenry County Clerk, bought new voting machines for this … Continue reading
Category Archives: Mary McClellan
The McHenry County Board will consider approving a contract between the County Clerk’s Office and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) at its October 16th meeting. Here is the resolution that will be considered: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING … Continue reading
Can anyone find where McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan has put this requirement of state stature? Unless someone can post in the comments as to the location of uncounted ballots on the Clerk’s website, Mary McClellan has failed to comply … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald could not bother to write an article about the hit pieces the allies of Jack Franks were sending out to defame his Republican political opponents before the election, but decided to put it on the front page … Continue reading
2 Polling Place Mailers Sent to 69,500 Households Even with taxpayers footing the bill for polling location change mailers donning Mary McClellan’s name and photo, and last minute $12,662 to McClellan from Local 150, McClellan still came up short on … Continue reading
County Board Did Not Approve Hours Changes Election day closure of the Clerk’s Office has been happening because Mary McClellan decided so after the troubles during the 2016 primary elections. The closures have never been approved by the county board. … Continue reading
In January McHenry County Blog reported Sample Ballots for March Primary Not Available on McHenry County Clerk’s Website. One day before the primary election, “Joyce” commented on the January 30th article: “Why no sample of the ballot? Hate walking in … Continue reading
Today is primary election day in Illinois and you may be surprised that a citizen whose birth date is on the McHenry County Clerk’s books at being January 1, 1800, is going to cast a ballot. As you can see … Continue reading
“Republicans with Honesty & Integrity” Include Bankrupt Clerk Candidate Republican McHenry County Clerk candidate Janice Dalton, who filed for bankruptcy the same date she filed to run for office and has been accused of misappropriating more than $30,000 from her … Continue reading
Mary McClellan has mailed out an election piece. This time the piece was paid for by Friends of Mary McClellan, unlike the numerous taxpayer funded mailers with which her name is emblazoned. … Continue reading
$198,075 Job at Stake The Republican Primary Election campaign is winding down for the four people running for a countywide judgeship. Since January 1st, family money has fueling two of the campaigns–that of appointed Judge Robert Wilbrandt and Assistant State’s … Continue reading
Despite McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellans opinion that the Clerk has sole authority over elections, McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks had the below resolution added to the county board’s Monday regular meeting agenda. Squeaking in under the 48 hour … Continue reading
The following comment was posted by McHenry County Recorder and candidate for County Clerk, Joe Tirio under previous blog post Jack Franks Bailing Out Mary McClellan: This story was brought to my attention and I thought it might be interesting … Continue reading
Last Minute Agenda Change to Make Primary Election Valid As reported earlier, state law requires the County Board to approve changes in polling places. County Clerk Mary McClellan’s Oversight May Invalidate Tuesday Election McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan, an attorney … Continue reading
McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan decided to consolidate precinct polling places for Tuesday’s Primary Election. The problem is that she did not ask the County Board’s permission for the new locations. State law requires that. So, without having followed the … Continue reading
McHenry County Democrats are distributing placards that seem to attack the McHenry County Clerk. “Don’t let the Clerk keep you from voting!” one line reads. Here is what the piece, in English and Spanish looks like: … Continue reading
The weekend before last I put up an article about the hit piece sent out to defame Judge Robert Wilbrandt’s candidacy for a six-yer term. I run it again, not to give credence to the anonymous charges of a committee … Continue reading
Below is what would fit on my scanner of the big post card that was delivered to the Skinner household today from Mary McClellan. McClellan stresses her integrity in the headline on the front of the piece and doubles down … Continue reading
Got a phone call from a disturbed taxpayer today who said he had received not one, but two notices from McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan informing him of a change in his polling place. Apparently not a supporter of McClellan … Continue reading
The Republican Party of Nunda Township met last Thursday and, while no significant business was conducted, there were enough Precinct Committeemen to have a quorum. There were also guests from outside the township. Two judicial candidates presented their qualifications: Mary … Continue reading