Township Clerk David Barkhausen

Your Township Clerk keeps the official records of the Township, takes minutes of all Township Board meetings, and makes video copies of Board meetings available to the public.

The Clerk’s office also serves as the distribution point for election materials to the precinct election judges.

A native of Shields Township and a resident of Lake Bluff since 1984, David Barkhausen was elected Township Clerk in 2005.

A graduate of Princeton University and the first class of the Southern Illinois University School of Law, David brings a legal and financial professional background and long record of public service to the Township Clerk's position. He served two years in the Illinois House and 14 in the Illinois Senate from 1981 to 1997 and five years on the Illinois Labor Relations Board from 1997 to 2002. David is also a member of the Lake Bluff Village Board.

David has a fee-only life insurance consulting business, Life Insurance Advisors, Inc. He and he wife, Sue, a Lake Forest District 67 teacher, have two sons, Wicks and Billy.


Clerk's Office
Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1-4:30 p.m.

        

Watch the meetings on TV!

 

  

Voter Registration                                                                       Illinois residents who are U.S. citizens and who will be 18 at the time of the next election may register to vote at the Shields Township office and also at the North Chicago City Clerk’s office, Lake Forest City Hall, and the Lake Bluff Library.  Two forms of identification are required.  Registration is closed for 28 days before each election.  To obtain information on your existing registration status, contact the Lake County Clerk’s office at 847-377-2410. 

Early Voting                                                                                          Voters may now cast their ballots beginning on the Monday that is 22 days before the election.  Early Voting is available at the North Chicago City Hall for North Chicago residents, at Elawa Farm (1401 Middlefork Drive, Lake Forest) for all other Shields Township residents, and also at the Lake County Clerk’s office in Waukegan.  Early voting ends the Thursday before the Tuesday election and is replaced by in-person absentee voting at the same locations for those who certify that they are unable to vote in person on election day. 

Absentee Voting                                                                          Those who will be out of town or otherwise unable to make it to be polls on election day have the option of voting early or casting an in-person absentee ballot as described above or requesting that an absentee ballot application be sent to them.  An absentee ballot application may be requested by calling the Lake County Clerk’s office at 847-377-2406 or through their web site at: http://www.co.lake.il.us/cntyclk.  Those who are regular absentee voters – such as disabled persons, college students, or those with second homes - may register well in advance with the County Clerk to have an absentee ballot application sent to them.

Snowbird voting by mail
Apply now at the Township Office, and an absentee ballot will be sent to you at your out-of-town address.

Voting absentee for disabled voters
 Apply now at the Township Office, and an absentee ballot will be sent to your home address. Contact the Township Clerk's office at 847-234-0802 for details, or phone the Lake County Clerk's Office at 847-377-2406 or click here

Registering to Vote
It's fast, easy and painless!
 To register to vote, bring two forms of identification--one with your name and current address--to the Township Office during regular office hours, Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m.

You must be a United States citizen, 18 years old by the next election (a 17-year-old can register as long as his/her birthday is on or before the date of the next election) and have resided in the voting precinct for 30 days prior to the next election.

By law, voter registration generally ends around four weeks before any election. Please contact the Township Clerk's Office at 847-234-0802 for specifics.