[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.”

[TitansAFC]

You're not getting this.

She is an elected official. Elected officials are public employees. She is paid by an employer (The Federal Government, The State of Kentucky, etc.)

Elected officials are not exempt from the law because they are elected. Sheesh!