Full Text of HR1103 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Bruce Clark on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as Kankakee County Clerk after 32 | 5 | | years of service; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Clark began his career as Kankakee County | 7 | | Clerk in December 1985 and went on to win eight consecutive | 8 | | elections over a period of three decades; at the time of his | 9 | | retirement, he was the most senior county clerk in Illinois; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Throughout Bruce Clark's tenure, he administered | 12 | | over 60 elections in his jurisdiction and participated in the | 13 | | observation, assistance, and supervision of elections in the | 14 | | following countries: Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Belarus, Bulgaria, | 15 | | Afghanistan, Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, England, and the | 16 | | Dominican Republic; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Clark has served Illinois on many | 18 | | committees, including the Illinois State Board of Elections | 19 | | Advisory Committee, as President of the Illinois Association of | 20 | | County Clerks and Recorders (IACCR), and as a member of the | 21 | | Illinois Government and Public Affairs Task Force on Political | 22 | | Representation and Alternative Electoral Systems; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 2010 and 2017, Bruce Clark was recognized for | 2 | | promoting voting assistance for people with disabilities by the | 3 | | Options Center for Independent Living; in 2015, he received the | 4 | | Illinois Association of County Clerks and Recorders Award and | 5 | | was named the Illinois County Official of the Year by the | 6 | | Illinois Association of County Officials (IACO); and in 2018, | 7 | | he was selected as Citizen of the Year and awarded the Lifetime | 8 | | Achievement Award for Community Service by The Daily Journal, a | 9 | | newspaper published in Kankakee, Illinois; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Clark's accomplishments and abilities have | 11 | | been recognized nationally and internationally through his | 12 | | publications of "Best Practices" papers by The Election Center, | 13 | | a not-for-profit organization that promotes, preserves, and | 14 | | improves democracy; in 2015, he received the First Time Voter | 15 | | Project Award from the International Centre for Parliamentary | 16 | | Studies (ICPS) at its Ninth Annual Symposium in South Africa; | 17 | | during his election work, he has also served many international | 18 | | organizations, including the National Democratic Institute, | 19 | | the Carter Center, the International Foundation for Electoral | 20 | | Systems (IFES), and the Organization for Security and | 21 | | Co-operation in Europe (OSCE); and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Clark has served on the boards of various | 23 | | community organizations, such as the Kiwanis Club, St. Paul's |
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| 1 | | Lutheran Church and School, the United Way, the Helen Wheeler | 2 | | Center, and the Kankakee County Public Building Commission; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Clark received his degree in political | 4 | | science from the University of Kentucky; he resides in | 5 | | Bourbonnais with his wife and three children, of whom he is | 6 | | very proud; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 8 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 | | congratulate Bruce Clark on his retirement from the Kankakee | 10 | | County Clerk's Office, and we thank him and deeply admire his | 11 | | many years of public service; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Bruce Clark as an expression of our esteem and | 14 | | respect.
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