Secretary of State
The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the state.. The office also receives campaign finance reports and registers lobbyists. The duty of regulating lobbying and campaign finance is shared with the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission. The Secretary was granted by the Kansas Legislature prosecutorial power in voter fraud cases and is the first and only Secretary of state to hold that power.The Secretary operates the Business Filing Center, which registers business entities, trademarks, trade names, and liens made pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code.TThe Secretary's Publications Section is responsible for publishing various legal and informational documents for the state.
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Pat Proctor
(Rep)
What is your expertise concerning election laws, voter registration, and election management? What is your management experience?
What changes, if any, would you propose concerning election laws, voter registration, and voter participation in Kansas? What is your position on the role of Secretary of State as a prosecutor of election law violations?
What do you propose to safeguard our elections, election systems, and voting machines against cyber threats or other threats?
What, if any, changes would you propose in the current system of campaign finance and the regulating of lobbying in Kansas? What, if any, steps should Kansas take concerning the influence of money in politics?
A multi-state compact has been created to track individuals who vote in multiple states in one election. Explain why you do or do not support multi-state compacts to exchange vital statistics (birth, marriage and death records).
What is the appropriate role of the Kansas Secretary of State as a Kansas representative on the national scene? What would you propose to project a positive view of Kansas to the nation?
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