Though most of the political news these days seems to come out of Washington D.C., it’s important to not that the 2020 election will include offices from local city posts and county posts all the way to the presidency. One post up for election is the Anderson County Clerk, which is a four year term. The County Clerk has a variety of functions, serving as the secretary for the county commission, administrator of payroll and accounts payable as well as being the human resource dept, prepares tax roll for the county and certified levies, acts as the chief budgeting official and the county election officer, as well as issues various licenses. The present Anderson County Clerk is Julie Wettstein. The position holds a salary of $48,800 annually for clerk and $10,609 annually for the election.
