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Mar
12
Vote By Mail Interview
Karen Yarbrough spoke today with Lee Neubecker to get the word out about today's Vote By Mail deadline.
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Jan
17
Couple who get Cook County’s 15,000th marriage license to same-sex couple surprised, happy to be ‘part of history’
Kevin Godwin and Sai He planned to meet late Friday morning at the Cook County Clerk’s Vital Records Bureau during Kevin’s lunch break, to get a marriage license. They would then get married Saturday at a courthouse.
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Jan
2
‘It’s like we won the Super Bowl,’ for first Cook County couple to get married in 2020
South Siders had waited eight hours outside Clerk’s office to be No. 1.
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Dec
9
Candidate Order for March 17, 2020 Presidential Primary Decided in Ballot Position Lottery
Clerk Yarbrough held ballot lotteries today to determine the candidate ballot positions in the March 17, 2020 Presidential Primary Election.
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Nov
20
Clerk Yarbrough Celebrates Marriage Equality Milestones
Cook County Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough commemorated two significant milestones – the sixth anniversary of the signing of marriage equality into law in Illinois, and the imminent issuing of the 15,000th marriage license to a same-sex couple by the Clerk’s Office.
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Nov
12
Candidate petition checking just became easier
Chairwoman Marisel A. Hernandez and Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough announced a new joint program that is already making life much simpler for 2020 campaigns.
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Oct
21
Chicago couple celebrates Sweetest Day weekend with wedding officiated by Clerk Yarbrough
Sweetest weekend wedding is new Clerk’s office tradition.
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Sep
24
Clerk Yarbrough joins “Hamilton” for National Voter Registration Day
Clerk Yarbrough joined the Chicago company of “Hamilton” to register voters and promote online voter registration on National Voter Registration Day.
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