(La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County Clerk Heather Stevens has announced her candidacy for a second term, citing accomplishments like switching from precinct-based voting to voting centers last year, along with undertaking initiatives to improve employee morale and customer service.

 

Stevens said the office has also become much more organized compared to the mountains of paperwork that were just lying around everywhere before she took office in 2021.

 

She said local people were hired part-time to scan documents so the information is digitized, which allowed for the removal of more than 100 filing cabinets from the courthouse.

 

“I could have sent our tax dollars out of state, but I chose to keep them here in our community by hiring local residents who live here, pay their taxes here, and spend their money right here in La Porte County."

 

Another achievement cited by Stevens is bringing the clerk’s office back into compliance financially with the Indiana State Board of Accounts.

 

“All accounts have been reconciled. We balance daily, weekly, monthly, and annually,” she said.

 

Stevens of Hanna is seeking the Republican Party nomination in the May primary.

 

Also running for clerk is Michigan City area resident Angie Henzman, a Democrat, who is seeking her party’s nomination in May.

 

Currently, Henzman is the La Porte County Democratic Party chairman.