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The Secretary of State of Ohio is an elected statewide official in the State of

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

. The Secretary of state is responsible for overseeing elections in the state; registering business entities (

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s, etc.) and granting them the authority to do business within the state; registering

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s; and granting access to public documents. From 1803 to 1851, the Ohio Secretary of State was elected by the Ohio General Assembly to a three-year term. The 1851 Ohio Constitution made the office elective, with a two-year term. In 1954, the office's term was extended to four years. The Secretary of State is

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in even-numbered, off cycle years, (no Presidential elections), after partisan primary elections.

List of Ohio secretaries of state

References

External links

Ohio Secretary of State
* {{OHSecretaryofState, state=Ohio * 1803 establishments in Ohio