{"id":987,"date":"2024-10-15T16:10:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T16:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=987"},"modified":"2025-09-23T05:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T05:30:26","slug":"9-14-secretary-of-state","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/chapter\/9-14-secretary-of-state\/","title":{"rendered":"9.14 Secretary of State"},"content":{"raw":"<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\r\n\r\nThe secretary of state is Ohio\u2019s chief elections officer, responsible for overseeing voter registration, election processes, and maintaining election-related records. This office also handles business filings and public records, ensuring that companies and individuals are authorized to operate in Ohio. The secretary of state plays a crucial role in administering election laws and is involved in the apportionment process for legislative districts\u200b\u200b.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\r\n\r\nReference\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\r\n\r\nSracic, Paul A. and William C. Binning. 2015. Chapter 4 - The Ohio Executive Branch in Ohio Government and Politics. Washington DC: CQ Press.\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p>The secretary of state is Ohio\u2019s chief elections officer, responsible for overseeing voter registration, election processes, and maintaining election-related records. This office also handles business filings and public records, ensuring that companies and individuals are authorized to operate in Ohio. The secretary of state plays a crucial role in administering election laws and is involved in the apportionment process for legislative districts\u200b\u200b.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p>Reference<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p>Sracic, Paul A. and William C. Binning. 2015. Chapter 4 &#8211; The Ohio Executive Branch in Ohio Government and Politics. Washington DC: CQ Press.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"menu_order":14,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-987","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":50,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2795,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/987\/revisions\/2795"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/50"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/987\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=987"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=987"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}