Shirley N. Weber
What this job does: The state's chief elections officer: runs statewide elections and posts campaign and lobbying money reports. Also keeps business filings, registers trademarks, regulates notaries and runs the State Archives. A term is four years.
- Current office
- California Secretary of State (since 2021)
- Occupation
- California Secretary of State
Background
- Earned bachelor's, master's (1971) and Ph.D. (1975) degrees from UCLA. source: alumni.ucla.edu
- Sworn in as California Secretary of State in 2021. source: sos.ca.gov (Secretary of State)
In their own words
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- Protect voting rights, including in court source: voterguide.sos.ca.gov (Secretary of State)
- Oppose shortening polling hours, reducing voting days, or eliminating vote-by-mail source: voterguide.sos.ca.gov (Secretary of State)
- Encourage all eligible Californians to register and vote source: voterguide.sos.ca.gov (Secretary of State)
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