More news from the Clerk's Office

I spent Wednesday and Thursday of this week in Lansing attending a City Clerk’s accreditation class sponsored by the State of Michigan.  It was well worth the time spent as it was very informative and the knowledge I gleaned from it will be invaluable to the clerk’s office going forward.  There is much to learn in order to run an election properly.  Knowing and following all of the election laws and making sure each and every election is conducted with the utmost integrity and fairness is my top priority.  I brought back to Dearborn Heights several hundred pages of election related materials and I am now well on my way to becoming certified. 

It was also very helpful to network with other City Clerks and learn from them and share ideas and solutions.  As a matter of fact, a State of Michigan election official was in town and visited our office on Friday.  The official pointed out several procedures that this clerk’s office needs to change to bring us in line with current election laws.  I will be implementing these in the coming weeks.

We must continuously update our methodology since election laws and technologies are constantly evolving.  I received several excellent suggestions on ways to update our election process while saving the city money, which is always my goal as the Dearborn Heights City Clerk.  Stay tuned . . .