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Monday, October 04, 2010

What In The Heck Do Clerks Of The Court And Register Of Wills Do And Why Are We Still Electing Them?

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman was introducing Democratic candidates around the room at a fundraiser for a House of Delegates candidate last month when he spied Bryon MacFarlane.

He’s running for register of wills, Ulman said. “You can ask him what they do.”

What indeed does a register of wills or a clerk of a court do and why are Maryland voters still electing them in partisan elections?

The only thing political about these offices is the partisan election that gets candidates elected to four-year terms. The rest of the time, registers of wills and clerks of courts are doing specialized full-time administrative jobs in the judicial branch of government.

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1 comment:

Chimera said...

Look around...in some counties,especially here on the shore, the same people have been "clerk of Court"and "Register of Wills" for as long as I have been alive.3 or 4 decades in office......great work if you can get it.