DuPage County forced to pay election-related bill after vendor sought payment

DuPage County Board members this week approved a $629,068 expenditure after learning the bill had been sent to the county clerk’s office months earlier.

Vendor Hart InterCivic billed the DuPage County clerk’s office in September. But county finance officials did not learn the bill was unpaid until April 1, according to an April 14 memo to county board members from Jeff Martynowicz, the county's chief financial officer.

"Finance was notified on April 1, 2026 by Hart InterCivic's CFO that Hart InterCivic has turned off telephone service to the machines and will not provide services until its invoice is paid," Martynowicz wrote in his memo.

In an email Friday, Hart InterCivic disputed the characterization of the company’s actions in Martynowicz’s memo.




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