DuPage judge refuses to force county to pay two election vendors

Two vendors who provide election services in DuPage County will have to wait to receive payment.

DuPage County Judge Bryan Chapman this week denied the county clerk’s request for a temporary restraining order to force the payment of the two bills, totaling more than $230,000.

In his ruling Wednesday, Chapman said granting the TRO would require him to rule on the underlying case that DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek brought against the county. In that case, Kaczmarek argues the county cannot prevent her from procuring services or equipment needed to run her office.

“TROs are not designed to address the merits in the underlying case,” Chapman said.





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