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1 • Thursday, March 31, 2022 - Rock Valley Publishing
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022
18th Judicial Circuit Court rules that 2020 election results for auditor stands Losing candidate’s claims of election irregularities deemed unfounded
Judge Craig R. Belford of the Court of the 18th Judicial Circuit has ruled that Bill White “was, is and remains” the winner of the election for auditor, as certified by the DuPage County Clerk’s Office in November 2020. The decision follows the first countywide recount in DuPage history and 15 months of litigation by Bob Grogan, White’s opponent in the election. The decision follows the court’s previous ruling on Sept. 8, 2021, granting summary judgment against the petitioner’s claim that there were more ballots than voters. “The court likes to be very clear on this. It certainly does not establish anything even suggesting or smacking of election fraud,” Belford stated. “The two numbers here, specifically the number of registered voters that Mr. Grogan was given, showing the number of registered voters as of Dec. 4 and other number being the number of votes cast on Election Day, those two numbers simply have nothing to do with each other. There’s no ‘there’ there.” “The recount did not change the result that Bill White was the certified winner,” DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek said. “For public trust in the foundation of democracy—our elections—we must accept the facts. The 2020 election is over.” As Patrick Bond, special counsel representing the DuPage County Clerk’s office, argued to the court,
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Now my staff can finally put the 2020 election to rest and focus their full attention on this year’s upcoming elections.” – Jean Kaczmarek, DuPage County Clerk
the processes and procedures of the 2020 election have been more closely scrutinized than any election in DuPage County history. Despite local attempts to politicize and undermine faith in DuPage County elections that mirror the attacks on free and fair elections nationwide, the ruling confirmed the will of the voters has been reflected. The losing candidate’s claims of election irregularities have been exhaustively analyzed, thoroughly heard and definitively refuted. “I am grateful to my professional staff and bipartisan election judges for their diligent oversight of the first countywide recount, especially during a pandemic,” Kaczmarek added. “Now my staff can finally put the 2020 election to rest and focus their full attention on this year’s upcoming elections.”
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Visitation’s Student Council along with the VPA organized an out-of-uniform fundraiser in which all funds raised would be donated to Catholic Relief Services in support of Ukraine. The students raised $3,376 in total. Pictured here are 8th grade members of the student council.
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