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Vermont Secretary of State
| Vermont Secretary of State | |
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| General information | |
| Office Type: | Partisan |
| Office website: | Official Link |
| 2010 FY Budget: | $8,527,442 |
| Term limits: | None |
| Structure | |
| Length of term: | 2 years |
| Selection Method: | Elected |
| Current Officeholder | |
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| Name: | Jim Condos |
| Officeholder Party: | Democratic |
| Assumed office: | January 6, 2011 |
| Compensation: | $90,376 |
| Elections | |
| Next election: | November 4, 2014 |
| Last election: | November 6, 2012 |
| Other Vermont Executive Offices | |
| Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Auditor • Superintendent of Education • Agriculture Commissioner • Insurance Commissioner • Natural Resources Commissioner • Labor Commissioner • Public Service Board | |
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Current officeholder
The current officeholder is Jim Condos. Condos (D) was first publicly elected to the statewide executive position in November 2010.
Authority
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Qualifications
There are no specific qualifications for this office.
Elections
The governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and auditor are elected every two years, on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
In Vermont, state executives are elected in even numbered years; 2010, 2012, and 2014 are all election years.
2012
| Vermont Secretary of State General Election, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jim Condos Incumbent |
86.6% | 225,801 | |
| Liberty Union | Mary Alice Herbert | 13.1% | 34,105 | |
| Independent | Write-in | 0.3% | 876 | |
| Total Votes | 260,782 | |||
| Election Results via Vermont Secretary of State. | ||||
Vacancies
Section 20 of the Vermont Constitution, grants the governor the power to fill a vacancy in the office by appointment. The appointee shall serve until the next regularly scheduled election.
Duties
The office of the Secretary of State performs a number of important functions:
- Administers a records management program for Vermont public agencies;
- Licenses, certifies, and registers 39 occupations and professions
- Registers all business entities in the state
- Serves as the filing repository for Uniform Commercial Code filings
- Serves at the state's chief election officer
- Administers elections, oversees campaign finance reporting and lobbyist disclosure laws, and encourages civic participation through programs like Kids Voting Vermont and Honor a Vet with your Vote
- Provides local officials and members of the public with information, assistance, and educational materials related to municipal law and practice and the requirements of Vermont's open government laws
- Oversees the filing and publication of administrative rules by all state agencies
- Oversees all of the state's notaries public
- Manages a confidentiality program to help victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking avoid being tracked down by an abuser using state or local public records[1]
Divisions
The office of the secretary of state includes the following divisions:
- State Archives and Records Administration
- Office of Professional Regulation
- Corporations
- Elections
- Municipal Programs
- Administrative Procedures Act -Rule Making
- Notary
- "Safe at Home"
State budget
The budget for the Secretary of State's office in Fiscal Year 2010 was $8,527,442.[2]
Compensation
- See also: Compensation of state executive officers
2012
In 2012, the secretary of state was paid an estimated $90,376. This figure comes from the Council of State Governments.
2010
In 2010, the Vermont Secretary of State was paid an estimated $90,376, according to the Council of State Governments.[3]
Contact Information
Capitol Address:
Vermont Secretary of State's Office
Redstone Building
26 Terrace Street
Montpelier, VT 05609-1101
- Phone: (802) 828-2363
- Toll Free Phone: (800) 439-8683
- Fax: (802) 828-2496
- E-mail: dmarko@sec.state.vt.us
See also
- Jim Condos
- Governor of Vermont
- Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
- Attorney General of Vermont
- Vermont Manner of Electing the Vermont Secretary of State (1884)
- Vermont Constitution
- Vermont state executive offices
External links
References
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State website, "About the office," accessed December 9, 2011
- ↑ Vermont Department of Finance and Management, "FY10 Appropriations Act (2009, Act 1 special session," accessed April 5, 2013
- ↑ The Council of State Governments,"The Book of States 2010 Table 4.11," retrieved April 23, 2011
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