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The Secretary of State is the third-highest elected official in Michigan, and serves as acting governor in the absence of the governor and lieutenant governor. [ 1 ] Under state law, the secretary of state must have at least one office in each of Michigan's 83 counties .
The department, as the Department of Commerce, was formed in 1965 by Section 225 of the Executive Organization Act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16.325.The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation was abolished with most responsibilities transferred to the newly formed Department. [1]
The 1963 Constitution requires that all permanent agencies or commissions, except universities, be assigned to one of a maximum of twenty principal departments. [1] The principal departments are the: [2] [3]
Jocelyn Benson (born October 22, 1977) is an American academic administrator, attorney, and politician serving as the 43rd Secretary of State of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a former dean of Wayne State University Law School, a co-founder of the Military Spouses of Michigan, and a board member of the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality.
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan Republicans are suing Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for allegedly violating Michigan election security law, Republican leaders announced Tuesday.
The state Senate passed a resolution to stop the merger. [6] However, Granholm's Executive Order No. 2009-45 combined the two over the objections of the Senate. [3] In early 2010, a new Saginaw Bay District headquarters of the Michigan DNR opened in Bay City; the building was reported to be the most energy-efficient in Michigan. [7]
A political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk is being investigated by the Michigan secretary of state’s office amid efforts to collect voter data.. Musk, the CEO of Tesla and ...
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) and tech billionaire Elon Musk got into a days-long back-and-forth on the social platform X about voter registration in the Wolverine State. On ...