The 2018 fall elections got more interesting on Feb. 14 when County Clerk Vicki Corwin officially notified the Daviess County Commission of her resignation from office effective Feb. 28, 2018. Mrs. Corwin also has notified the governor of her resignation by letter.
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Mrs. Corwin has been offered a bookkeeper position at Gallatin R-5 Schools effective March 1, 2018, according to the minutes of the R-5 Board of Education.
The county commission is authorized to appoint an interim clerk. Then, local political parties usually submit names for the governor’s consideration so that the governor can appoint a clerk to serve until the next election. This sequence occurred in order for Mrs. Corwin to take office.
Mrs. Corwin was appointed county clerk following interim clerk Sally Black after the resignation of Linda Steward in June, 2013. Then Mrs. Corwin was elected as county clerk as an unopposed democrat candidate in November, 2014.
County clerk is just one of several offices to be determined in the upcoming fall elections.
Tuesday, Feb. 27, is the opening day of candidate filing for any person interested in running for the following Daviess County offices: associate circuit judge, presiding commissioner, county clerk, circuit clerk, recorder of deeds, prosecuting attorney, committeeman and committeewoman.
Interested persons may file at the county clerk’s office on the second floor of the courthouse. The office opens at 8 a.m. To expedite this process, each filer should have a current voter I.D. card, filing fee receipt from his respective party, and Form 5120 from the Department of Revenue. The last two items are not required for the committee person candidates.