Elkhart County Clerk

Former Republican Elkhart County Clerk Christopher Anderson on Thursday pleaded guilty to the lesser-included misdemeanor charge of conversion, after a grand jury indicted him and Chief Deputy Clerk Carol Smith on felony official misconduct charges.

Following a grand jury indictment, Elkhart County prosecutors charged County Clerk Christopher Anderson and his chief deputy, Carol Smith, with felony official misconduct. Prosecutors says he paid her for 80 hours of work every two weeks when she only worked 72.

Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker convened a grand jury that returned indictments Tuesday against elected County Clerk Christopher J. Anderson and his chief deputy, Carol Smith on official misconduct and conversion charges. They're accused of knowingly paying supervisors for hours they did not work.

Election officials in Elkhart County were still working to count ballots on Wednesday after facing delays in retrieving results from one voting center and processing thousands of absentee ballots.

Elkhart County Clerk Christopher Anderson says presidential elections always bring out more voters, and that's especially true this year

Elkhart County Clerk Christopher Anderson said that, like so many things in the year 2020, the county’s early voter turnout has been unprecedented.“Two…