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The Secretary of State of Ohio is an elected statewide official in the State of
Ohio Secretary of State
* {{OHSecretaryofState, state=Ohio * 1803 establishments in Ohio
The Secretary of State of Ohio is an elected statewide official in the State of Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
. The Secretary of state is responsible for overseeing elections in the state; registering business entities (corporation
A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law "born out of statute"; a legal person in legal context) and r ...
s, etc.) and granting them the authority to do business within the state; registering secured transaction
In finance, a secured transaction is a loan or a credit transaction in which the lender acquires a security interest in collateral owned by the borrower and is entitled to foreclose on or repossess the collateral in the event of the borrower's ...
s; and granting access to public documents.
From 1803 to 1851, the Ohio Secretary of State was elected by the Ohio General Assembly
The Ohio General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. It consists of the 99-member Ohio House of Representatives and the 33-member Ohio Senate. Both houses of the General Assembly meet at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus ...
to a three-year term. The 1851 Ohio Constitution made the office elective, with a two-year term. In 1954, the office's term was extended to four years. The Secretary of State is elected Elected may refer to:
* "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973
* ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008
*The Elected, an American indie rock band
See also
*Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population ...
in even-numbered, off cycle years, (no Presidential elections), after partisan primary elections.
List of Ohio secretaries of state
See also
* Election Results, Ohio Secretary of State *List of company registers
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There are many types of official business registers, usually maintained for various purposes by a state authority, such as a government agency, or a court of law. In some cases, ...
References
External links
Ohio Secretary of State
* {{OHSecretaryofState, state=Ohio * 1803 establishments in Ohio