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John Russell earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Connecticut, a master's degree in science education from the University of Eastern Carolina, and a master's in management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

John has worked as a Third Party Risk Assessor at Amazon for the past three years. He previously worked as a Vice President for JPMorgan Bank for over 10 years.

John Russell’s campaign for Collin County Clerk is his first entry into politics.

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John’s campaign for Collin County Clerk is his first entry into politics.

Wants to create new ways for people to access the clerk's office, such as staying open late one night per week, or by making some services available by appointment.

Seeks to ensure the clerk's office can serve residents of different backgrounds, with disabilities, or who speak different languages.

Promises to work with the commissioner's court to ensure that there are county-level roles for cybersecurity as a means to secure records.

- Wants to create new ways for people to access the clerk's office, such as staying open late one night per week, or by making some services available by appointment.
- Seeks to ensure the clerk's office can serve residents of different backgrounds, with disabilities, or who speak different languages.
- Promises to work with the commissioner's court to ensure that there are county-level roles for cybersecurity as a means to secure records.

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Stacey is the Collin County Clerk. She works at the Collin County Clerk’s office, where she has been since 2007.

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Stacey Kemp is currently the Collin County Clerk for Collin County in Texas. She assumed office in 2007.

Supports digitizing marriage licenses and providing accessible options for obtaining copies for family projects.

- Supports digitizing marriage licenses and providing accessible options for obtaining copies for family projects.

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- Serves as clerk of county’s commissioners court, attending and recording all sessions, as well as holding all records associated with the Court. Also assists county judge in court agenda preparation and posting notice for each meeting, along with other services requested by the Court.
- Works with judges, defendants, jurors, and attorneys of various courts, doing things like filing cases, issuing processes, maintaining minutes of court proceedings, collecting costs and fines, and arranging for commitments and appeals.
Administers all county and state elections as chief elections officer, except when the Commissioners Court has the tax assessor-collector or county elections administrator do that.
- Can serve as county recorder, where they determine whether a document is suitable for filing.They maintain documents like birth, death, and marriage certificates and real estate records, and act as a liaison to the Vital Statistics Section of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
- County clerks are elected through partisan, county-wide elections to four-year terms. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, have been a Texas resident for at least 12 consecutive months, a county resident for at least six consecutive months, and registered to vote in that county.
- The annual salary for county clerks range from $42,000 to $183,999, set by the county’s commissioners court.

Serves as clerk of county court and commissioners court.

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