Table 4.15 THE, 2005 Maximum Length of Number of consecutive State or other Method of regular term Date of Present previous terms allowed jurisdiction Name and party selection in years first service term ends terms by constitution Alabama... Nancy Worley (D) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Alaska... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona... Jan Brewer (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Arkansas... Charlie Daniels (D) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 California... Bruce McPherson (R) E (i) 4 3/05 (i) 1/07 0 2 Colorado... Donetta Davidson (R) E 4 7/99 (b) 1/07 1 (b) 2 Connecticut... Susan Bysiewicz (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1... Delaware... Harriet Smith Windsor (D) A... 1/01... 0... Florida... Glenda Hood (R) A... 2/03... 0... Georgia... Cathy Cox (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1... Hawaii... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idaho... Ben Ysursa (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0... Illinois... Jesse White (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1... Indiana... Todd Rokita (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Iowa... Chet Culver (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1... Kansas... Ron Thornburgh (R) E 4 1/95 1/07 2... Kentucky... Trey Grayson (R) E 4 12/03 12/07 0 2 Louisiana... W. Fox McKeithen (R) E 4 1/88 1/08 4... Maine... Matthew Dunlap (D) L 2 1/05 1/07 0... Maryland... R. Karl Aumann (R) A... 1/03... 0... Massachusetts... William Francis Galvin (D) E 4 1/95 1/07 2... Michigan... Terri Lynn Land (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Minnesota... Mary Kiffmeyer (R) E 4 1/99 1/07 1... Mississippi... Eric Clark (D) E 4 1/96 1/08 2... Missouri... Robin Carnahan (D) E 4 1/05 1/09 0... Montana... Brad Johnson (R) E 4 1/05 1/09 0 (c) Nebraska... John Gale (R) E 4 12/00 (d) 1/07 (d)... Nevada... Dean Heller (R) E 4 1/95 1/07 2 2 (f) New Hampshire... William Gardner (D) L 2 12/76 12/06 14... New Jersey... Regena Thomas (D) A... 1/02 1/06 0... New Mexico... Rebecca Vigil-Giron (D) E 4 1/87 (g) 1/07 2 2 New York... Randy Daniels (D) A... 4/01... 0... North Carolina... Elaine Marshall (D) E 4 1/97 1/09 2... North Dakota... Alvin Jaeger (R) E 4 (h) 1/93 1/07 (h) 2... Ohio... J. Kenneth Blackwell (R) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 2 Oklahoma... M. Susan Savage (D) A 4 1/03 1/07 0... Oregon... Bill Bradbury (D) E 4 1/99 (e) 1/09 (e) 2 Pennsylvania... Pedro A. Cortes (D) A... 5/03... 0... Rhode Island... Matthew Brown (D) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 South Carolina... Mark Hammond (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0... South Dakota... Chris Nelson (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Tennessee... Riley Darnell (D) L 4 1/93 1/09 3... Texas... Roger Williams (R) A... 2/05... 0... Utah... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vermont... Deb Markowitz (D) E 2 1/99 1/07 3... Virginia... Anita Rimler (D) A... 1/02... 0... Washington... Sam Reed (R) E 4 1/01 1/09 1... West Virginia... Betty Ireland (R) E 4 1/05 1/09 0... Wisconsin... Douglas LaFollette (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1... Wyoming... Joe Meyer (R) E 4 1/99 1/07 1... American Samoa... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guam... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. Mariana Islands... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Puerto Rico... Marisara Pont Marchese A... NA......... U.S. Virgin Islands... (a) See footnotes at end of table. The Council of State Governments 255
THE, 2005 Continued Sources: The Council of State Governments survey October 2004 and state Web sites, January 2005. E Elected by voters A Appointed by governor. L Elected by legislature.... No provision for. (a) No secretary of state. (b) Secretary Davidson was appointed by Gov. Bill Owens in July 1999 upon the death of Secretary Vikki Buckley. She was elected to finish out the remaining two-year term in November 2000, and then was re-elected to a full four-year term in November 2002. (c) Eligible for eight out of 16 years. (d) Secretary Gale was appointed by Gov. Mike Johanns in December 2000 upon the resignation of Scott Moore. He was elected to a full four-year term in November 2002. (e) Secretary Bradbury was appointed Secretary of State in November 1999 and was elected to a four-year term in November 2000 and 2004. (f) Term limits were not effective until Secretary Heller s second term in office. His second term counts as his first. (g) Secretary Vigil-Giron served from 1987 1991. She was elected again in 1998 and in 2002. (h) Because of a constitutional change approved by voters in 2000, the term for the secretary elected in 2004 will be only two years. It will revert to a four year term in 2007. (i) Appointed in March 2005 upon the resignation of Kevin Shelley. 256 The Book of the States 2005
Table 4.16 : QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE State or other Minimum U.S. citizen State resident Qualified voter Method of selection jurisdiction age (years) (a) (years) (b) (years) to office Alabama... 25 7 5 E Alaska...... (c)... Arizona... 25 10 5... E Arkansas... 18 E California... 18 E Colorado... 25 2... E Connecticut... 18 E Delaware............ A Florida...... (f)... Georgia... 25 10 4 E Hawaii...... (c)... Idaho... 25 2 E Illinois... 25 3... E Indiana............ E Iowa... 18......... E Kansas............... E Kentucky... 30 E Louisiana... 25 5 5 E Maine............... (e) Maryland............... A Massachusetts... 18 5 E Michigan... 18 E Minnesota... 21 E Mississippi... 25 5 (d) E Missouri...... 2 E Montana... 25 2 E Nebraska...... E Nevada... 25 2 2... E New Hampshire... 18 (e) New Jersey... 18 A New Mexico... 30 5 E New York... 18... A North Carolina... 21...... E North Dakota... 25 5 E Ohio... 18 E Oklahoma... 31 10 A Oregon... 18... E Pennsylvania............... A Rhode Island... 18 30 days E South Carolina... 18 E South Dakota............... E Tennessee............... (e) Texas... 18...... A Utah...... (c)... Vermont...... E Virginia............... A Washington... 18 E West Virginia...... E Wisconsin... 18 E Wyoming... 25 1 E American Samoa...... (c)... Guam...... (c)... No. Mariana Islands...... (c)... Puerto Rico...... 5 5... A U.S. Virgin Islands...... (c)... Source: The Council of State Governments survey of secretaries of state, October 2004. Formal provision; number of years not specified.... No formal provision. A Appointed by governor. E Elected by voters. (a) In some states you must be a U.S. citizen to be an elector, and must be an elector to run. (b) In some states you must be a state resident to be an elector, and must be an elector to run. (c) No secretary of state. (d) State citizenship requirement. (e) Chosen by joint ballot of state senators and representatives. In Maine and New Hampshire, every two years. In Tennessee, every four years. (f) As of January 1, 2003, the office of Secretary of State shall be an appointed position (appointed by the governor). It will no longer be a cabinet position, but an agency head and the Department of State shall be an agency under the governor s office. The Council of State Governments 257
Table 4.17 : ELECTION AND REGISTRATION DUTIES Election Registration State or other jurisdiction Chief election officer Determines ballot eligibility of political parties Receives initiative and/or referendum petition Files certificate of nomination or election Supplies election ballots or materials to local officials Alabama......... Alaska (b)..................... Arizona............ Arkansas......... California............ Colorado......... Connecticut......... Delaware............ (c)...... (d)... (e)... Florida.................. Georgia......... Hawaii (b).......................................... Idaho......... Illinois......... (h)............... Indiana...... Iowa..................... Kansas............ Kentucky..................... Louisiana..................... Maine............... Maryland..................... Massachusetts... (d) (d)... Michigan.................. Minnesota.................. Mississippi... Missouri............ Montana............ Nebraska............... Nevada...... New Hampshire......... New Jersey.......................................... New Mexico............ New York................................. North Carolina........................... North Dakota...... Ohio............ Oklahoma......... (f)............... Oregon...... Pennsylvania............... Rhode Island.................. South Carolina.............................. South Dakota............ Tennessee.................. Texas............... Utah (b)................. Vermont............ Virginia.......................................... Washington............... West Virginia............ Wisconsin.................................... Wyoming... (i) American Samoa (b)..................... Guam (b).......................................... Puerto Rico........................... U.S. Virgin Islands (b)........................... (g)... See footnotes at end of table. Files candidates expense papers Files other campaign reports Conducts voter education programs Registers charitable organizations Registers corporations (a) Processes and/or commissions notaries public Registers securities Registers trade names/marks 258 The Book of the States 2005
: ELECTION AND REGISTRATION DUTIES Continued Source: The Council of State Governments survey of secretaries of state, October 2004. Responsible for activity.... Not responsible for activity. (a) Unless otherwise indicated, office registers domestic, foreign and nonprofit corporations. (b) No secretary of state. Duties indicated are performed by lieutenant governor. In Hawaii, election related responsibilities have been transferred to an independent Chief Election Officer. (c) Files certificates of election for publication purposes only; does not file certificates of nomination. (d) Federal candidates only. (e) Incorporated organizations only. (f) Files certificates of congressional and judicial retention elections only; does not file certificates of nomination. (g) Both domestic and foreign profit; but only domestic non-profit. (h) Office issues document, but does not receive it. (i) Materials not ballots. The Council of State Governments 259
Table 4.18 : CUSTODIAL, PUBLICATION AND LEGISLATIVE DUTIES State or other jurisdiction Archives state records and regulations Custodial Publication Legislative Files state agency rules and regulations Administers uniform commercial code provisions Files other corporate documents Alabama..................... Alaska (b)........................... Arizona..................... Arkansas............... California.............................. Colorado..................... Connecticut... (c)............ S...... Delaware........................... Florida..................... Georgia........................... Hawaii (b)........................... Idaho........................ Illinois...... H... Indiana........................... Iowa........................... Kansas.................. Kentucky........................... Louisiana........................ Maine..................... Maryland........................... (d)......... Massachusetts......... Michigan.................. Minnesota...... H...... Mississippi...... Missouri......... H... Montana............ H... Nebraska........................... Nevada........................... New Hampshire.................. New Jersey................................. New Mexico............... H... New York........................... North Carolina.................. North Dakota........................... Ohio.................. Oklahoma..................... Oregon.................. Pennsylvania.............................. Rhode Island............... South Carolina.............................. South Dakota............ H... Tennessee............... Texas..................... Utah (b).................................... Vermont...... H... Virginia.......................................... Washington.............................. West Virginia..................... Wisconsin.......................................... Wyoming............ H... American Samoa (b)........................ Guam (b).......................................... Puerto Rico..................... U.S. Virgin Islands (b)........................ State manual or directory Session laws State constitution Statutes Administrative rules and regulations Opens legislative sessions (a) Enrolls or engrosses bills Retains copies of bills Registers lobbyists Sources: The Council of State Governments survey of secretaries of state, October 2004. Responsible for activity.... Not responsible for activity. (a) In this column only: Both houses; H House; S Senate. (b) No secretary of state. Duties indicated are performed by lieutenant governor. (c) The secretary of state is keeper of public records, but the state archives is a department of the Connecticut State Library. (d) Code of Maryland regulations. 260 The Book of the States 2005