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Secretary of State of Colorado
Executive Seal
Incumbent
Jena Griswold
since January 8, 2019
Colorado Department of State
Constituting instrumentColorado Constitution
FormationJune 6, 1861
First holderLewis Weld
Websitewww.sos.state.co.us

The Secretary of State of Colorado is the secretary of state of the state of Colorado in the United States. The office is one of five elected constitutional offices in the state. The current Secretary of State is Democrat Jena Griswold.

Structure

The Secretary of State heads the Colorado Department of State, a principal department of the Colorado state government, which is composed of four divisions:

  • Business & Licensing Division:[1] Files documents for certain business organizations and business names; files trade names for certain business entities; registers trademarks, and files financing statements and notices of security interests in agricultural products pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code, federal tax liens; and other miscellaneous statutory liens; performs searches of those records; provides copies of filed documents; issues related certificates; and provides pertinent educational services. Issues bingo/raffle licenses and inspects facilities and operations of these games to ensure compliance with bingo/raffle laws; commissions and regulates notaries public; registers charitable organizations that solicit contributions in Colorado and their professional fundraisers; publishes the Colorado administrative rules code and register, and provides rulemaking guidance for state agencies.
  • Elections Division: Supervises elections, maintains the statewide voter registration file, verifies initiative petition signatures, and administers the campaign finance laws; and serves as the filing office for unincorporated communities and for conflict of interest disclosure statements.
  • Administration Division: Provides management and central support services for the Department of State such as budgeting, accounting, and human resources; monitors the use of the State Seal,[2] certifies the interest rate on appealed money judgments, files Acts passed by the General Assembly, and conveys information within the office to the public; plans and monitors legislation that affects the Department of State; responds to inquires from the press and public; licenses entities that circulate petitions; and registers lobbyists.
  • Information Technology Division: Supports the information systems needs of the entire Secretary of State's office. Maintains the Departmental infrastructure consisting of multiple servers, personal computers, networking equipment, firewall, telephony, peripherals, and other information technology equipment to support the data and imaging needs of the Department. Also supports the Web presence of the Secretary of State.

Secretaries of State of Colorado

Name Term Party
Lewis Ledyard Weld 1861
Samuel Hitt Elbert 1862
Frank Hall 1866–1874
John W. Jenkins 1874–1875
John Taffe 1875–1876
William Clark 1876–1879 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Norman H. Meldrum 1879–1883 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Melvin Edwards 1883–1887 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
James Rice 1887–1891 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Edward J. Eaton 1891–1893 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Nelson O. McCless 1893–1895 style="background:Template:Populist Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Populist
Albert B. McGaffey 1895–1897 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Charles H.S. Whipple 1897–1899 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Democratic
Elmer F. Beckwith 1899–1901 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Democratic
David A. Mills 1901–1903 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Democratic
James Cowie 1903–1907 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Timothy O'Connor 1907–1909 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
James B. Pearce 1909–1915 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Democratic
John E. Ramer 1915–1917 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
James R. Noland 1917–1921 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Democratic
Carl Miliken 1921–1927 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Charles Armstrong 1927–1935 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
James Carr 1935–1935 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Democratic
George Saunders 1935–1941 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Democratic
Walter Morrison 1941–1949 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
George Baker 1949–1953 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Democratic
Homer Bruce 1953–1955 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
George Baker 1955–1963 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Democratic
Bryon A. Anderson 1963–1974 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Mary Estill Buchanan 1974–1983 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Natalie Meyer 1983–1995 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Victoria Buckley 1995–1999 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Donetta Davidson 1999–2005 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Gigi Dennis 2005–2007 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Mike Coffman 2007–2009 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Bernie Buescher 2009–2011 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Democratic
Scott Gessler 2011–2015 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Wayne W. Williams 2015–2019 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Republican
Jena Griswold 2019–present style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/info_center/contact.html
  2. ^ History and Usage of the Colorado State Seal Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
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