county clerk

noun

1. an elective county official in most U.S. states who generally keeps records of property titles, distributes ballots, issues licenses, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of county clerk¹

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

Hutt led in the District 10 race with 63% of the vote Monday night, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.

From Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk will continue counting ballots for at least another week.

From Los Angeles Times

Early results could change as workers with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk count mail-in ballots in the coming days.

From Los Angeles Times

“After several minutes of attempting to recreate the scenario, it did occur. This was accomplished by hitting some area in between the boxes. After that we tried for several minutes to do it again and could not,” the county clerk said in a statement.

From BBC

The machine in question was taken out of action until it was inspected, and later in the day the county clerk posted a video on Facebook showing the machine working correctly.

From BBC