Salary set for new assistant director of elections
Jade Bowers, 26, Butler County assistant elections director, stands for a portrait behind the service counter at the new elections office on Tuesday. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
The Butler County Bureau of Elections now operates with both a director and assistant director.
At a Monday salary board meeting the Butler County Commissioners approved a salary of $46,573 for the assistant director position, which has been filled by Jade Bowers.
Bowers had risen through the ranks of the office and said she is delighted to get to work.
“I’m pretty excited, I enjoy the work we do in the office,” she said.
Bureau of Elections director Chantell McCurdy said Bowers started in her new role on Jan. 3.
