A professional who directs and coordinates activities of Secretary of State office to assist Executive and Legislative Branches of State Government under authority of state statutory and constitutional provisions. Responsibilities include:

• Directs activities of workers engaged in preserving records of official acts performed by Governor and Legislative bodies.
• Directs distribution of laws, resolutions, and other official state documents.
• Examines corporate articles or corporate statements of qualification to approve or disallow petitions for incorporation, amendments to corporate articles, dissolutions, and agreements of merger or consolidation.
• Administers Uniform Commercial Code to protect secured interest of retail merchants and lending institutions.
• Approves licensing of notaries public.
• Receives for processing, recording, and filing documents, such as deeds to state lands, claims to fraternal names and insignia, manuscripts, oaths of office, organization and boundaries of public districts, administrative rules and regulations adopted by state agencies, and statements of trust receipt financing.
• Directs activities involved in preserving historical documents and public records in state archives.
• May interpret and enforce election laws.
• May tabulate and certify accuracy of election returns.