Kimberly Pitts
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Kimberly Pitts serves as the Blackford County Clerk, an elected office responsible for election administration, voter registration, and official record-keeping for the county. She is a regular attendee at Blackford County Commissioners and County Council meetings, where she reports on election operations and office needs.
Pitts has led several significant initiatives during her tenure, including a $73,000 replacement of the county's 25 aging election machines — equipment that hadn't been updated since the early 2000s when they were originally acquired through a state grant. She applied for a HAVA Grant for the machines two years prior but was denied, though she did successfully obtain new poll pads through that program.
In 2025, Pitts was one of 17 county clerks statewide selected by the Indiana Secretary of State to travel to Washington, D.C. for election security training. She has also been involved in council redistricting and reprecincting efforts, working with the county attorney to draft the necessary ordinances ahead of state deadlines. She successfully advocated to the County Council to reinstate the 2nd Deputy/Election Supervisor position in the Clerk's Office.
Quick facts
- Office Blackford County Clerk
- Jurisdiction Blackford County, Indiana
- Key Initiatives Election machine replacement ($73K), redistricting, election security training
- Notable Selected by IN Secretary of State for D.C. election security delegation (2025)
- Office Location Blackford County Courthouse, Hartford City, IN
Biography
Kimberly Pitts is the elected Blackford County Clerk, serving from the county courthouse in Hartford City, Indiana. Her office manages all aspects of election administration for the county, including voter registration, election machine maintenance and procurement, poll worker coordination, and official record-keeping.
Pitts is a frequent presence at county government meetings, representing the Clerk's Office before both the Commissioners and County Council on matters ranging from budget requests to election security. She negotiated the county's election machine replacement contract with MicroVote General Corporation, working with vendor Steve Jamo and ICOBO to bring the original $80,000-$100,000 estimate down to $73,000.
She has also focused on election education, visiting Blackford Jr/Sr High School to show students how to use voting machines and answer their questions about the election process. Her work on redistricting and reprecincting has involved coordination with the county attorney to meet state-mandated deadlines.