The Washington Secretary of State is an elected, statewide constitutional officer who leads the Secretary of State's Office and is responsible for administering state elections and voter registration, maintaining state archives and public records, managing business and charitable organization filings, commissioning notaries, and providing civic education and public-facing business services.
Election administration and voter access; ballot and initiative processes; records management and archival preservation; business and nonprofit registration and compliance; notary and public document services; funding and resourcing for county election operations and civic education programs.
State appropriations from the Washington state budget supplemented by fee revenue for business filings, notary commissions, certifications and other administrative services.
Washington State Legislature, county election officials/auditors, state archives and libraries, other state agencies, National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), and multi-state election and voter registration initiatives (e.g., ERIC).
State government office / elected constitutional officer
