[TitansAFC]

She is a public employee. She is paid a salary by an employer.

[TexasGator]

“She is a public employee. She is paid a salary by an employer.”

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/02/436893283/heres-what-we-know-about-the-ky-clerk-refusing-gay-marriage-licenses

“— She Was Elected To Her Position: Davis, a Democrat, won a 2014 election for Rowan County clerk handily — 53 percent to 46 percent.”

[jpsb]

"She is a public employee.

She is not an employee. She was not hired, she can't be fired and she does not have a boss. She is an elected official working for the citizens of her county in concordance of the laws of her state Kentucky.