I wanted to take a minute to thank everyone. I want to thank all the voters that showed up on election day for their patients and understanding. My election team really appreciated all the thank yous and appreciation the voters showed them. Thank you to all the absentee voters for learning how to request an absentee ballot and your patients with the system. We had over 700 people that were mailed an absentee ballot.
Thanks to my entire election team. Those that chose to work and those that chose not to. It was a difficult and emotional decision for everyone and the struggle you all went through was understandable and appreciated. Thank you to those that were not part of the original team but came forward and volunteered to help in this difficult time. We had many volunteers and asked a number of them to help out. Their contribution to our effort was impressive and I hope all of you will consider becoming a part of our regular election team!
Thanks to Duane Jorgenson who is the head of the Rock County Public Works Department and his team of employees. He organized delivery of the personal protection equipment to all the polling locations in Rock County and many of his team volunteered to help at different polling locations on election day.
Thanks to the County Clerk Lisa Tollefson (yes she is my wife) but no matter, she arranged production, purchasing and distribution of the personal protection equipment such as face shields, face masks and sanitizer from local facilities like Prent who is making face shields and she did much more with communication with all Clerks.
Thanks to all the Clerks in Rock County. Rock Counties Clerks are a team and everyone shared ideas with one another as to what safety protocols they were putting in place.
Thanks to the Wisconsin National Guard. While we did not take advantage of their offer for assistance in Harmony, where they did help, the Clerks said their contribution was incredible and appreciated.
Last but certainly not least a thank you and my gratitude go to Lucille Vickerman (Chief Inspector) and Linda Zainer (Deputy Chief) for all the work they did during the month or better leading up to election day. They are both true leaders of the election team. What was done could not have been done without them. THANK YOU!!!!
There were so many offers from the pubic, the board and outside oranizations to help, so a blanket thank you to everyone that offered to help. Lets hope this is the last time we ever have to run an election this way and lets hope that everything gets back to normal as quickly as possible. I would rather see a smile on peoples faces than a face mask.
Thanks
Tim (Tolly) Tollefson
Clerk