# 2018 Rowan County (KY) County Clerk election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 7, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998 "2017-11-07T20:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/21 "2017-12-07T20:40:40Z")
There is nothing against the law or anything to donate money to that guy is there? I don’t even live in that state. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/22 "2017-12-07T21:00:41Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > There is nothing against the law or anything to donate money to that guy is there? I don’t even live in that state. I’ve never heard of anything prohibiting you from donating to candidates that you are not able to vote for. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/23 "2017-12-07T21:03:41Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I’ve never heard of anything prohibiting you from donating to candidates that you are not able to vote for. That’s cool. Just wanted to make sure. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/24 "2017-12-07T21:37:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Indeed he is: [http://www.davidermold.com/](http://www.davidermold.com/) I sent him $20. Seems like a decent fellow. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/25 "2017-12-07T23:20:20Z")
Only real limit is you need to be a US citizen or green card holder to contribute to political candidates. I think that even applies to local elections like this one. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/26 "2017-12-08T02:39:20Z")
I tried to donate $1 million dollars, but apparently there is a limit to the amount someone can donate to a candidate. So I did $100. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/27 "2017-12-08T14:02:40Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > Only real limit is you need to be a US citizen or green card holder to contribute to political candidates. I think that even applies to local elections like this one. Yes. You’ll see, on the donation webpage, that it will ask you to confirm citizenship or lawful resident status. You are not asked if you are, and Kentucky law does not require that you be, a voter in that county. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/28 "2017-12-08T14:59:04Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I’d be quite interested in knowing more about the responsibilities of the job. I lived in Leon County, Florida while attending FSU. Well, they also handle elections. That can be pretty high pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/29 "2017-12-08T19:05:57Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > …I did $100. As did I, just now. More power to him. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/30 "2017-12-08T19:28:50Z")
I hope he wins, because fuck that lady. I think it will be super funny. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/31 "2018-03-28T02:26:27Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > just for a little surrealism in the world of County Clerks, Here is the latest story of one from the Detroit area. > > [Macomb's top judge says county clerk must end her backlog immediately](http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/11/09/macombs-embattled-county-clerk-gets-judges-deadline-today-clean-up-big-backlog/849331001/) > > Basically a pure nutcase “Gubmint is bad” type who lied and ran in a county she didn’t live in, and is trying to shut down government entirely by herself, by refusing to do any element of the job. Update on our local Detroit area piece of crazy: As of now, she has been removed from office by a Judge, for lying about living in the county. > **[Macomb County Clerk Karen Spranger removed from office immediately, judge says](https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2018/03/27/macomb-county-clerk-karen-spranger-removed-from-office-immediately-judge-says/)** > > Macomb County officials told Local 4 that a judge ruled Macomb County Clerk Karen Spranger is to be removed from office immediately. Although I would assume there is a good chance of more lawyering is still to come. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/32 "2018-03-28T02:36:37Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Update on our local Detroit area piece of crazy: > As of now, she has been removed from office by a Judge, for lying about living in the county. > [Macomb County Clerk Karen Spranger removed from office immediately, judge says](https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/macomb-county-clerk-karen-spranger-to-be-removed-from-office-immediately-judge-says) > > Although I would assume there is a good chance of more lawyering is still to come. Good lord almighty. The best part about that article is [a link to another article](https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/neighbor-says-home-listed-as-macomb-county-clerks-primary-residence-overrun-with-raccoons), whose title says it all: > [@](#): > > Neighbor says home listed as Macomb County clerk’s primary residence overrun with raccoons > Macomb County officials don’t deny there’s a problem with Karen Spranger ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/33 "2018-05-21T20:22:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > She’s drawn at least one opponent - and they’ve dealt with each other before: [Gay man to run against Kentucky clerk who denied him marriage license](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/12/06/gay-man-to-run-against-kentucky-clerk-who-denied-him-marriage-license/23299526/) Ermold is one of four Democratic candidates for clerk facing off in tomorrow’s primary - here’s an update: [MSN](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kim-davis-challenger-man-whose-marriage-license-she-denied/ar-AAxtS5k?ocid=ientp) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/34 "2018-05-22T15:05:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ermold is one of four Democratic candidates for clerk facing off in tomorrow’s primary - here’s an update: [MSN](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kim-davis-challenger-man-whose-marriage-license-she-denied/ar-AAxtS5k?ocid=ientp) You know what I got most out of that article? That Rowan County, KY is prolly not a place I’d like to live. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/35 "2018-05-23T00:20:41Z")
Well this fucking blows. > **[Gay Kentucky man loses bid to challenge Rowan County clerk Kim Davis](https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/22/rowan-county-clerk-primary-election-results/635263002/)** > > A gay man in eastern Kentucky has lost his bid to challenge Republican county clerk Kim Davis. Go Democrats in Rowan County anyway, but have you no sense of poetic justice? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/36 "2018-05-23T01:46:50Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Well this fucking blows. > [https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/22/rowan-county-clerk-primary-election-results/635263002/](https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/22/rowan-county-clerk-primary-election-results/635263002/) > Go Democrats in Rowan County anyway, but have you no sense of poetic justice? She was a Democrat four years ago? And she said the party left _her_? They sure grow 'em different in Kentucky, I guess. Ashley Judd she ain’t. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/37 "2018-05-23T16:07:54Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > …Go Democrats in Rowan County anyway, but have you no sense of poetic justice? Yeah, really! ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/38 "2018-05-25T06:00:06Z")
Ah well, still money well spent. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/39 "2018-05-25T12:45:52Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Well this fucking blows. > [https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/22/rowan-county-clerk-primary-election-results/635263002/](https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/22/rowan-county-clerk-primary-election-results/635263002/) > Go Democrats in Rowan County anyway, but have you no sense of poetic justice? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yeah, really! I’ll settle for plain old justice if Davis loses. Sure, the optics are great for Ermold, but if the residents of Rowan county don’t want to become the center of a national news story again, I really can’t hold it against them. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998/40 "2018-11-07T23:07:01Z")
Kim Davis has lost : > **[Kim Davis, clerk who refused to sign marriage licenses for gay couples, loses...](https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article221121745.html)** > > Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk made famous by her refusal to sign marriage licenses for gay couples, lost Tuesday in her reelection bid for the Rowan County clerkship. Brian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998.md?page=3)