Indiana Code Title 3. Elections § 3-6-5.2-7

Sec. 7.  (a) The board may vest day to day operations in a director of the board and in an assistant director of the board.

(b) The director of the board is appointed by the county chairman of the political party whose nominee received the highest number of votes in the county for secretary of state in the last election.

(c) The assistant director of the board is appointed by the county chairman of the political party whose nominee received the second highest number of votes in the county for secretary of state in the last election.

(d) The assistant director shall receive an annual salary of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) less than the salary of the director.

(e) The board shall establish the number and compensation of the employees of the board.  The county chairman of each of the major political parties in the county shall appoint one-half ( 1/2 ) of the board employees.  The director, the assistant director, and the board employees serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing authorities.