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  Ohio Secretary of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ohio Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing the elections in the state of Ohio.
The Secretary of State was elected by the Ohio General Assembly from 1803 to 1851 to a three year term.
The Secretary of State is elected to office in even-numbered years when the President is not running, after being nominated in partisan primary elections.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ohio_Secretary_of_State   (158 words)

  
 Secretary of State (U.S. state government) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Secretary of State is an official in the state governments of 47 of the 50 states of the United States.
Currently, in 35 states, such as California, Illinois, and Mississippi, the Secretary of State is elected at the general election, [2] usually for a four-year term.
And in one state, Maine, the Secretary of State is appointed to a two-year term by the state legislature.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_of_State_(U.S._state_government)   (1237 words)

  
 Ohio secretary of state wins governor's slot - Boston.com
Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, a key figure in the state's decisive 2004 presidential election, won his bid on Tuesday to run for governor on the Republican ticket in November.
Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell addresses members of the media in Columbus, Ohio, in this November 3, 2004 file photo.
Republicans in Ohio have been plagued by scandals involving ethics and investments and Democrats have been eyeing the state as a good candidate for a turnover.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/05/03/ohio_secretary_of_state_wins_governors_slot   (288 words)

  
 CNN.com - Ohio's Blackwell used to spotlight - Nov 3, 2004
Provisional ballots are punch cards given to voters in Ohio who show up at the correct polling place and are not listed on the voters' list because they have moved or due to clerical errors.
COLUMBUS, OHIO (CNN) -- Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell cut an imposing figure as he strode to the podium as Tuesday became Wednesday to address journalists and camera crews who had been waiting idly for hours for news of when Ohio's provisional ballots would be counted.
Harris was Florida's secretary of state in 2000 when the election debacle there had to be sorted out before the race was decided.
www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/ohio.blackwell/index.html   (868 words)

  
 Ohio's Secretary of State May Have Committed Election Fraud : SF Indymedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Yesterday, it came to the attention of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff that efforts to audit poll records in Greene County, Ohio are being obstructed by County Election officials and/or Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.
The Secretary of State of Ohio, who has an obvious conflict of interest by being the State Chair for the reelection of George W. Bush, has now violated the law to stop a recount that could prove that Bush actually lost Ohio, and thus the entire presidential election.
LoParo, these actions were not the result of any edict from the state, but were initiated at the county level as a normal part of securing and preparing all materials and records for a recount which has been requested and will be performed in accordance with Ohio law.
sf.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=1707552   (1257 words)

  
 Ohio Secretary of State Information
The Ohio Secretary of State, Department of Corporations provides a statewide registry and information resource for almost all business activity in the state of Ohio.
Ohio Secretary of State - Certifies copies of any and all corporate and limited liability company documents on file for introduction into court and private business transactions.
The Ohio Secretary of state requires clauses that must be added to the document to insure lawsuit protection for officers, directors and shareholders.
www.companiesinc.com /secretary-state/ohio.asp   (413 words)

  
 Ohio Secretary Of State, Corporations, LLC, Filings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Secretary of State’s office also is the place to file a trademark or service mark, complete transactions required by the Uniform Commercial Code or start a nonprofit organization.
Ohio has a long history of successful business growth and development in communities large and small in all corners of the state.
The Secretary of State then when the filing is processed the initial list is not sent back to the customer, but the second part of the process to alter the records to the standard address is ran.
www.secretary-of-state.org /ohio.htm   (1645 words)

  
 Ohio Secretary of State trying to limit ballot access
Ohio Democrats took Republican Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell to court Monday, charging that he is trying to limit where some voters may cast their ballots in violation of the federal Help America Vote Act.
The lawsuit alleges the federal Help America Vote Act requires that states permit voters to cast a provisional ballot upon "affirmation" the voter is registered in the proper jurisdiction – county – and is eligible to vote in the federal election, even if the voter resides in another precinct.
Secretary of state employees are not the "paper weight police," LoParo said.
homepage.mac.com /jimjohnson/iblog/C1136589095/E58570652   (653 words)

  
 Tim Kettler: Ohio Secretary of State Candidate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
WARSAW - Tim Kettler, local Green Party candidate for Secretary of State, submitted a complaint with the Coshocton County Sheriff's Office and the Coshocton County Prosecutor alleging misconduct during the 2004 Presidential Vote Recount.
Response to the passage of Ohio HB 3...
Ohio HB 3, set to become law in early January is the result of the two major parties narrow view of election reform.
www.sostim06.com   (737 words)

  
 Jennifer Brunner proposes measures to battle identity theft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
With her experience as a judge, as an attorney in the Secretary of State’s office, and as a member of the Franklin County Board of Elections, she holds firsthand experience in dealing with the crime of identity theft and understanding measures needed to combat it.
Ohio is ranked 29th out of 50 in reports of identity theft.
Currently, the Secretary of State has failed to provide boards with specific or uniform instructions on what to do with this sensitive information, leaving it up to each board to devise its own plan.
www.ohiodems.org /ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/813111   (791 words)

  
 Ohio Secretary of State Qualifies Voting Systems - Sep 12, 2003
The secretary of state will work in tandem with the attorney general and Sequoia to seek dismissal of the Court of Claims decision, and toward an amicable resolution of all outstanding legal issues.
The secretary of state estimates that at least three electronic voting devices or one precinct count optical scan device will be necessary at each of the state's 11,614 precincts.
The secretary of state's evaluation process was structured into four phases, with critical decisions made at the end of each phase.
www.govtech.net /news/news.php?id=67817   (1063 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: In Fierce Contest for Ohio Vote, Secretary of State Feels Scrutiny
Blackwell's calls on election matters great and small -- from how heavy the paper stock has to be on a voter-registration form to whether independent candidate Ralph Nader should be allowed on the ballot -- have placed him in the eye of the storm, and at times have made him the storm itself.
Republicans believe that Blackwell, the highest-ranking African American ever elected in Ohio, was helping Democrats when he ruled last month that Nader had not collected enough legal signatures to qualify for a spot on the Ohio ballot.
Edward B. Foley, an expert in election law at Ohio State's Moritz School of Law, calls Blackwell's rulings "a mixed record" but does not see a pattern of political bias.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A448-2004Oct26?language=printer   (788 words)

  
 Ohio Secretary of State Corporation Division Information - Incorporate at MyCorporation.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Ohio Secretary of State, Corporations Division, is the Ohio state agency that will process a filing for forming a corporation in Ohio, forming an llc (limited liability company), and, in most states, for registering trademarks.
The Secretary of State maintains records of all filed documents and provides public access to this information.
Additionally, state trademark registrations are often processed and maintained by the Office of the Ohio Secretary of State.
www.mycorporation.com /secretary-state/Ohio.htm   (256 words)

  
 Beacon Journal | 10/08/2006 | For Ohio secretary of state   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
And he has had help in doing so, Ohio becoming a primary focus of the most recent presidential election, a test case, in part, of how well the country responded to the debacle in Florida four years earlier.
She even spent time in the secretary of state's office in the 1980s, serving as deputy director and legislative counsel to Sherrod Brown.
Greg Hartmann, 39, touts a 20-point plan for the secretary of state's office, its direction and spirit departing little from the Brunner agenda promising an improved election process, better information for voters, even a program to curb identity theft.
www.ohio.com /mld/ohio/news/editorial/15702326.htm   (411 words)

  
 HungryBlues: Ohio Secretary Of State J. Kenneth Blackwell's Partisan Thuggery
Ohio Secretary Of State J. Kenneth Blackwell's Partisan Thuggery
Back in December there were serious allegations by Hocking County, Ohio Board of Elections Deputy Director, Sherole Eaton that an employee of Triad, the company that services all of Ohio's punch card machines, tampered with the tabulator computer, which records the results from the individual machines around the county.
Under Ohio law, all election board members serve at Secretary of State Blackwell's pleasure.
minorjive.typepad.com /hungryblues/2005/05/ohio_secretary_.html   (686 words)

  
 Ohio Secretary of State - Companies Incorporated
Ohio Secretary of State filing fees vary depending on the type of filing and entity.
Ohio secretary of state good standing formalities for corporations and limited liability companies include an annual statement of information (or annual report) that is accompanied by a small fee.
Ohio SOS requires that a physical address within Ohio be on public file, this is the registered agent address.
www.companiesinc.com /ohio-secretary-of-state   (359 words)

  
 Ohio
Ohio went from 21 electoral votes to 20 as a result of the 2000 Census
Issue 1, a proposed constitutional amendment on the November 2 ballot, would define marriage as a "union between one man and one woman." The Ohio Campaign to Protect Marriage led the campaign for the measure; Ohioans Protecting the Constitution opposed it.
Because of its importance to both campaigns, the Ohio was seen as the Florida of 2004, a must-win state.
www.gwu.edu /~action/2004/states/oh.htm   (374 words)

  
 Ohio secretary of state sued over ID info posted online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell’s office posts the UCC filings on the Web, and the data sometimes includes Social Security numbers.
Petro said the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled in numerous cases that residents have a right of privacy related to their Social Security numbers, and their release by a public office is prohibited by federal law.
In December, Petro issued a formal opinion on the matter, advising a prosecutor in Richland County, Ohio, that a clerk of court has a duty to follow the privacy practice.
www.computerworld.com /printthis/2006/0,4814,109213,00.html   (740 words)

  
 Four vying for job of Ohio’s Secretary of State | mountvernonnews.com
Jennifer Brunner (D) Jennifer Brunner (D), Columbus, is a former Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge; a former legislative counsel and deputy director in the Ohio Secretary of State’s office under Sherrod Brown; a former member of the Franklin County Board of Elections; and an elections attorney for 13 years in private practice.
That is currently state law, but I don’t think it is being done 100 percent of the time with 100 percent of the machines.
As to his future view of Ohio and the Secretary of State’s office, Kettler said he ultimately would like to see the completely nonpartisan administration of elections and legislative redistricting, an easing of the restrictions on party recognition, and full participation across the board in the electoral process.
www.mountvernonnews.com /local/06/10/19/ohio.secstate.html   (1999 words)

  
 Information Obtained from Office of Ohio Secretary of State.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Provisional ballots must be submitted to the State by 11 days after the election, which would be tomorrow, they will be officially reported by the state by the week of December 6.
The voter must be either out of the State (including overseas) or must have a specially exemption such as being in hospital or working at the Secretary of State’s office or at the Election Boards or Precincts.
Bottom line is the State of Ohio does not now know how many Absentee or Provisional Ballots are out there.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1278436/posts   (1638 words)

  
 Tim Kettler: Ohio Secretary of State Candidate
Tim Kettler is a lifelong Ohio resident, residing in the farming community of Warsaw, Ohio with his wife Roberta, and son Malcolm.
Tim currently serves as the secretary of the Green Party of Ohio, and is a co-founder and treasurer of his local, the East Central Ohio Green Party.
He is a representative on the Single Payer Action Network of Ohio state council, a non-partisan organization that advocates for the establishment of single-payer, universal health care for the citizen’s of Ohio.
www.ohiogreens.org /elections/kettler06.html   (518 words)

  
 Ohio Secretary of State Contributions Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Ohio Secretary of State maintains a database of contributions, expenditures and loans for Statewide candidates and PACs, state political parties, General Assembly candidates and legislative campaign funds.
The Secretary of State site also has lots of other helpful information like tables outlining contribution limits.
Ohio Secretary of State -- contributions from 1990 to 1998.
www.campaignfinance.org /data/ohio/ohio1198.html   (191 words)

  
 Senators: Blackwell (Ohio Secretary of State) must resign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The debate over provisional ballots in Ohio heated up yesterday when Cuyahoga County election officials said they will be defying Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell's provisional ballot directive and will give provisional ballots to every person that asks for one, the Cleveland Plain Dealer said.
Blackwell's interpretations of electoral law may disenfranchise college students, according to a statement by the Ohio Democratic Party released on Sept. 30 by State Senators Teresa Fedor and C. Prentiss.
Ohio Democrats filed a federal lawsuit on Sept. 27 in Toledo, against Blackwell's directive to Ohio election officials to not issue provisional ballots to people who find themselves outside their precinct.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1237006/posts   (2067 words)

  
 Greg Hartmann for Ohio Secretary of State, Conservative, Republican, Ohio 2006 Election, Tax Reform   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As a member of the next generation of leadership for Ohio, I hope to serve as the next Secretary of State.
Ohio needs leaders who will make this state a great place to work and own a business again.
Small businesses are essential to Ohio's economic growth and we must make sure we create an environment that encourages their development and growth.
www.greghartmann.com   (169 words)

  
 t r u t h o u t - Ohio Secretary of State Blocks New Voter Registrations
If they get an Ohio voter registration card on paper thinner than required, they are mailing a new card out to the voter.
The heavy-weight paper was a requirement when the cards were kept for years, were used to keep track of when a person voted, and were the main way to check signatures to combat voter fraud and verify petitions.
League national president Kay Maxwell said she knows of no other states that are requiring the 80-pound paper stock for voter registration cards.
www.truthout.org /docs_04/092904W.shtml   (728 words)

  
 O HI' O Defined - A Message from the Ohio Secretary of State
As the first state carved out of the Northwest Territory, Ohio served as an early gateway to the wild, untamed western area of the United States.
For a number of the explorers, adventurers, and settlers who were headed westward, the many and varied natural resources of the Ohio land were just what they were looking for.
Our state held great hope for these early Americans – a great lake to the north, soil ripe for farming in the middle, and a waterway perfect for travel and trade to the south.
new.oplin.org /ohiodefined/message.html   (270 words)

  
 Scoop: Jailed For Questioning Ohio Secretary Of State
We requested that Secretary Blackwell commence the recount of votes in Ohio, that he refrain from certifying Rebublican electors until the recount was completed, that he respond to questions posed to him by 12 House Judiciary Committee members led by Rep.
This is the second time in two elections that the Secretary of State in the crucial battleground state also served as teh Bush/Cheney campaign chair.
Katherine Harris rode her performance in the duel roles of Florida Secretary of State and co-chair of the Bush/Cheney capaign to the US congress.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/HL0412/S00199.htm   (1625 words)

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