Colorado will be getting a new Secretary of State soon, as the current Secretary, Mike Coffman, heads off to Congress. Twenty people have applied for the job, including a variety of people ranging from former legislators to college professors and even a political talk show host. While the Secretary’s role in Colorado elections is well-known, he has many other responsibilities as well, including:
- Registration of lobbyists
- Tracking campaign finance contributions
- Oversee charitable contributions and fundraisers
- Incorporation of Colorado businesses
- Publishing the Colorado Code of Regulations
- Registration of notaries public
- License bingo and raffles
- Safekeeping the State Seal
- Posting names of vendors who employ illegal aliens
- Oversee town abandonments
- Oversee Colorado’s Information Privacy Task Force
(Click on the above links to find out more about each program)
All this is in addition to overseeing elections – so, the new Secretary of State, who will be named later this month, will have a busy job ahead of them!
Former Technical Services Librarian at State Publications Library
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