Secretary of State of Kansas

Secretary of State of Kansas

The Secretary of State of Kansas is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas.

The current Secretary of State is Ron Thornburgh.

Duties

Electoral

The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the state, administering elections and voter registration throughout the state. The office also files campaign finance reports [ [http://www.kssos.org/elections/elections_campaign.html Campaign Finance reporting, from Kansas Secretary of State] ] and registers lobbyists. [ [http://www.kssos.org/elections/lobbyist_online.asp Online Lobbyist Registration] ] The duty of regulating lobbying and campaign finance is shared with the [http://www.kansas.gov/ethics/ Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission] .

Economic

The Secretary operates the Business Filing Center, which registers business entities, trademarks, trade names, and liens made pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. [ [http://www.kssos.org/business/business.html Kansas Business Filing Center] ]

The secretary regulates a wide variety of businesses, including sports agents, trade unions, [ [http://www.kssos.org/forms/forms_results.asp?division=MISC Business registration forms] ] cemeteries, and funeral homes. [ [http://www.kssos.org/forms/forms_results.asp?division=CFH Forms for cemeteries and funeral homes] ]

Administrative

The Secretary's [http://www.kssos.org/pubs/pubs.html Publications Section] is responsible for publishing various legal and informational documents for the state. This includes statutory and administrative law publications such as session laws, regulations, and the state's gazette, the "Kansas Register". [ [http://www.kssos.org/pubs/pubs_legal.html Legal publications available from the Kansas Secretary of State] ]

The Secretary also operates "Safe at Home", the state's Address Confidentiality Program [ [http://www.kssos.org/safeathome/main.html Safe at Home main page] ] and conducts census adjustments [ [http://www.kssos.org/resources/kansas_census.html Kansas census] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.kssos.org/ Official homepage of the Kansas Secretary of State]


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