The Hardin County Clerk’s Office has announced that after catching up on work last week the office no longer needs to close on February 14.
Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith said his staff put in the time and effort to make sure another closure wasn’t needed.
“I’m proud of the staff,” Smith said. “I know it was an inconvenience to the public to shut down the in-person service for one day this month, but it allowed us to get caught up on a lot of backlogs. We processed hundreds of registrations and other transactions.”
Customers should still anticipate delays due to the rollout of the new system.
“The clerk’s office remains busy,” Smith said. “The lines remain longer than we would like. There remain more problems with the KAVIS software than we would like, but every day we’re getting a little bit better and we wish, ask, and thank the public for their patience.”
Meanwhile, the clerk’s office is gearing up for the special election on March 19 to fill the Kentucky House District 26 seat vacated by Russell Weber. That election will be set next Tuesday.
“There is one candidate on the ballot, but February 20 at 4 p.m. is the deadline for write-in candidates, so potentially there could be a write-in candidate,” Smith said.
Smith said the county has responsibilities for every election regardless of size because the person on the ballot has not previously received votes for that position.
The special election will give area residents a chance to get acquainted with the clerk’s office’s Radcliff location at 101 West Lincoln Trail Boulevard, which will be the site of absentee, early, and election day voting.
