The North Dakota Secretary of State is an elected office in the
U.S. state
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of
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...
. The incumbent was
Alvin A. Jaeger. Duties of the Secretary of State include being the custodian of the state's
Great Seal and other official state documents, recording the official acts of the
Governor
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, distributing copies of legislative resolutions, and recording original bills and resolutions from each biennial
Legislative Assembly. Other duties of the office include those pertaining to statewide elections, licensing within the state, and recording
trademark
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s. The Secretary of State is second (behind the
Lieutenant Governor) in the
line of succession
An order of succession or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility.[Governor of North Dakota
The governor of North Dakota is the head of government of North Dakota and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
The Constitution of North Dakota specifies that "the executive power is vested in the governor" in Secti ...]
. Jaeger was the first elected officer to graduate from Dickinson State University.
History
From the creation of the office with the state's constitution in 1889, to 2015 there had been 13 Secretaries of State, the least number among any of the state offices created in that year. This is attributed to the 34-year tenure of
Ben Meier, which was the longest of any state-level Secretary of State in the US. the office had been held by the
North Dakota Republican Party at all times except the period 1989 to 1992, when the state's Democratic Party was in office. The Secretary of State originally served a two-year term, but this was extended to four in 1964 by a constitutional amendment.
List of secretaries of state
The following is a list of secretaries of state of North Dakota.
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See also
* List of company registers
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References
External links
Official website of the North Dakota Secretary of State
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