Kim Davis must pay $260,000 legal fees over same-sex marriage license refusal
theguardian.com
Kim Davis, the former county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses in Kentucky to same-sex couples, must pay a total of $260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys who represented one couple, according to a federal judge’s ruling.
That is in addition to $100,000 in damages a jury said the former Rowan county clerk should pay the couple who sued.
...
Davis drew international attention when she was briefly jailed in 2015 over her refusal despite the US supreme court’s legalization of same-sex marriage. She based her refusal on her belief that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
You are viewing a single comment
Can someone tell me why a clerk is an elected position?
My best guess is to keep the same people in that position rather than just anyone.
Its an administrative position in the municipal bureaucracy. Not totally outlandish to have an election to fill it. In this particular case, she's made a small fortune in campaign donations by doing a pouty face for the national news every time she's caught violating the oath she took to assume the job.
Generally, states where County Clerk is an elected position are states where county-level government is particularly important and powerful. For example, the Clerk might be in charge of elections or determining property values for tax assessment.