Michigan Secretary of State

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1 Duties
2 Contact information
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

The Michigan Secretary of State oversees elections in Michigan and is responsible for handling all administrative aspects of the ballot initiative process in the state.

The Michigan secretary of state is third in the governor of Michigan line of succession and acts in that capacity if both the office of governor and lieutenant governor of Michigan are vacant or if both are temporarily out of the state.

The current officeholder is Terri Lynn Land.

Duties

In Michigan, the secretary of state is not only responsible for elections like most other states' secretaries of state, but also oversees vehicle registration and the licensing of automobile drivers, similar to a Department of Motor Vehicles in other states. The Michigan secretary of state also oversees and regulates notaries public. Because of its drivers licensing and vehicle registration functions, the Michigan secretary of state has dozens of offices statewide and interacts with state residents more than any other organ of state government.

Contact information

Michigan Department of State
Lansing, MI 48918
Toll Free:888-767-6424
Branch Office Locator

External links

Office of Michigan Secretary of State

References

Wikipedia, Michigan Secretary of State

Portions of this article were adapted from Wikipedia.

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Current Secretaries of State

AL: Beth Chapman
AK: No office
AZ: Ken Bennett
AR: Charlie Daniels
CA: Debra Bowen
CO: Bernie Buescher
CT: Susan Bysiewicz
DE: Jeffrey W. Bullock
FL: Kurt S. Browning
GA: Karen Handel

HI: No office
ID: Ben Ysursa
IL: Jesse White
IN: Todd Rokita
IA: Michael Mauro
KS: Ron Thornburgh
KY: Trey Grayson
LA: Jay Dardenne
ME: Matthew Dunlap
MD: John P. McDonough

MA: Bill Galvin
MI: Terri Lynn Land
MN: Mark Ritchie
MS: Delbert Hosemann
MO: Robin Carnahan
MT: Linda McCulloch
NE: John Gale
NV: Ross Miller
NH: William Gardner
NJ: Nina Mitchell Wells

NM: Mary Herrera
NY: Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez
NC: Elaine Marshall
ND: Al Jaeger
OH: Jennifer Brunner
OK: M. Susan Savage
OR: Kate Brown
PA: Pedro A. Cortés
RI: Ralph Mollis
SC: Mark Hammond

SD: Chris Nelson
TN: Tre Hargett
TX: Hope Andrade
UT: No office
VT: Deborah L. Markowitz
VA: Katherine Hanley
WA: Sam Reed
WV: Natalie Tennant
WI: Douglas Lafollette
WY: Max Maxfield

Secretary of State elections, 2010

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