The Alabama Secretary of State is a statewide elected constitutional officer responsible for administering state elections, maintaining business and nonprofit registrations and records, overseeing campaign finance disclosures, commissioning notaries, preserving public archives, and providing related public services to Alabama residents and businesses.
Election administration and voting procedures (including voter registration, absentee/mail voting, and election security); campaign finance disclosure and enforcement; business and nonprofit entity registration and filing rules; notary and licensing oversight; public records and archival policy.
State general fund appropriations and statutory fees collected for business filings, licensing, and election services, supplemented at times by federal grants for election-related programs.
Alabama Governor's Office, Alabama Legislature, county probate judges and county election officials, and the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS).
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