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The secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (or "secretary of state") administers the Pennsylvania Department of State of the U.S. state (officially, "commonwealth") of Pennsylvania. The secretary is appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by the state senate. [2] Since June 2023, the secretary is Al Schmidt, a Republican ...
The Pennsylvania Department of State is a cabinet-level state agency in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1] The department is headed by the secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . Responsibilities
Albert Schmidt [2] (born c. 1972 [3]) is an American politician and election official who is the current Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, serving since 2023. He was a Philadelphia City Commissioner from 2012 to 2022.
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt, left, discusses voting procedures and challenges with Tina Pritts, Somerset County's director of voter registration and elections, at her office in the ...
The secretary of state is an official in the state governments of 47 of the 50 states of the United States, as well as Puerto Rico and other U.S. possessions. In Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, this official is called the secretary of the commonwealth.
Cortés was nominated Pennsylvania Secretary of State by Governor Tom Wolf on January 20, 2015 and confirmed by the Senate on June 2, 2015. [7] He previously served as Secretary of the Commonwealth from 2003 to 2010. At that time Cortés was the first confirmed Latino Cabinet member and longest serving Secretary of State in Pennsylvania history.
"We do have the cuffs, we do have the jail cells, we do have the Philly juries and we have the state prisons," Larry Krasner, the Pennsylvania district attorney, said. Show comments Advertisement
From 2008 to 2011, Boockvar worked for Advancement Project, a non-profit organization focused on voting rights in Pennsylvania. During her tenure, she worked on voter rights education campaigns across the state. [7] In 2023, Boockvar joined the University of Pittsburgh as a visiting scholar and adjunct professor in the university’s School of Law.