town clerk
noun
: a public officer charged with recording the official proceedings and vital statistics of a town
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The former town clerk of a tiny metro Denver municipality was sentenced to three years probation for her part in an embezzlement scheme involving buying and flipping police cars for profit, according to the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
And she was assisted in that effort by Alfredo Castillo, who signed out many of those absentee ballot applications from the Bridgeport town clerk’s office.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2025
In the wooded German state of Hessen, Philipp, a town clerk, lived with his wife, Dorothea, and their children in a quaint cottage.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Leaf’s deputy and private investigator grilled several town clerks and managed to seize one voting machine, according to local reports and the Michigan Attorney General’s Office.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
And she was assisted in that effort by Alfredo Castillo, who signed out many of those absentee ballot applications from the Bridgeport town clerk’s office.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2025
In the wooded German state of Hessen, Philipp, a town clerk, lived with his wife, Dorothea, and their children in a quaint cottage.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Leaf’s deputy and private investigator grilled several town clerks and managed to seize one voting machine, according to local reports and the Michigan Attorney General’s Office.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Town clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20clerk. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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