Secretary of State of New Jersey

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The Secretary of the State of New Jersey is responsible for overseeing artistic, cultural, and historical programs within the U.S. state of New Jersey, as well as volunteerism and community service projects within the state. The New Jersey Department of Archives and Records Management, sometimes referred to simply as the "State Archives", is also under the authority of the Secretary of State. The State Archives is the repository for all vital statistics, including marriage and divorce records and birth certificates, and also maintains a separate set of files for the registry of wills. The Secretary of State oversees the Division of Tourism and the Division of Elections, and sets all tourism and election policy. The Secretary is the Chief Elections Officer of New Jersey.

In New Jersey, registry of corporations is not the responsibility of the Secretary of State. The New Jersey Department of the Treasury is responsible for the maintenance of corporate records.

In New Jersey, the Secretary of State serves a term of office concurrent with the that of the Governor.^[1]

The current Secretary of State is Nina Mitchell Wells.

[edit] External links

• Official website of the New Jersey Department of State
• Official website of the New Jersey Department of Archives and Records Management

[edit] References

1. ^ New Jersey State Constitution Art V, Sec 4

v • d • e State Secretaries of State in the United States     AL: Beth Chapman AK: No such office AR: Charlie Daniels AZ: Jan Brewer CA: Debra Bowen CO: Mike Coffman CT: Susan Bysiewicz DE: Harriett Smith Windsor FL: Kurt S. Browning GA: Karen Handel HI: No such office ID: Ben Ysursa IL: Jesse White IN: Todd Rokita IA: Michael Mauro KS: Ron Thornburgh KY: Trey Grayson LA: Jay Dardenne MD: Dennis Schnepfe MA: Bill Galvin ME: Matthew Dunlap MI: Terri Lynn Land MN: Mark Ritchie MS: Delbert Hosemann MO: Robin Carnahan MT: Brad Johnson NE: John Gale NV: Ross Miller NH: Bill Gardner NJ: Nina Mitchell Wells NM: Mary Herrera NY: Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez NC: Elaine Marshall ND: Al Jaeger OH: Jennifer Brunner OK: M. Susan Savage OR: Bill Bradbury PA: Pedro A. Cortés RI: Ralph Mollis SC: Mark Hammond SD: Chris Nelson TN: Riley Darnell TX: Phil Wilson UT: No such office VT: Deborah Markowitz VA: Katherine Hanley WA: Sam Reed WV: Betty Ireland WI: Doug LaFollette WY: Max Maxfield *In states without a Secretary of State, the Lt. Governor may perform some of the typical functions of a Secretary of State, but the offices are not the same.