{{Short description|Constitutional office in New Mexico}} {{Infobox Political post | post = Secretary of State of New Mexico | insignia = Seal of New Mexico.svg | insigniasize = 150px | insigniacaption = [[Seal of New Mexico]] | image = Maggie Toulouse Oliver.jpg | incumbent = [[Maggie Toulouse Oliver]] | incumbentsince = December 9, 2016 | first = Antonio J. Lucero | formation = {{start date and age|1912}} | termlength = Four years | succession = [[Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#New Mexico|Second]] | website = [http://www.sos.state.nm.us/ Secretary of State of New Mexico] }} {{Politics_of_New_Mexico}} The '''secretary of state of New Mexico''' is a constitutional officer in the [[executive branch|executive branch of government]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Mexico]]. Twenty-six individuals have held the office of secretary of state since statehood. Since 1923, every elected New Mexican [[Secretary of State (U.S. state government)|secretary of state]] has been a woman. The incumbent is [[Maggie Toulouse Oliver]], a [[Democratic Party of New Mexico|Democrat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/New-Mexico-will-swear-in-newly-elected-secretary-10785254.php|title=New Mexico swears in newly elected secretary of state|first=Morgan|last=Lee|work=SFGate|date=December 9, 2016|accessdate=December 9, 2016}}</ref> Toulouse Oliver's election was forced early due to the resignation of former secretary of state [[Dianna Duran]] in October 2015, after criminal charges were filed by the [[Attorney General of New Mexico|Attorney General's Office]] alleging Duran converted campaign funds to personal gambling debt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abqjournal.com/664411/news/state-democratic-party-says-secretary-of-state-has-resigned.html |title=Albuquerque Journal {{!}} Secretary of state resigns, reaches plea deal |website=www.abqjournal.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025134710/http://www.abqjournal.com/664411/news/state-democratic-party-says-secretary-of-state-has-resigned.html |archive-date=2015-10-25}}</ref>
==Powers and duties== The secretary of state is in effect the guarantor of the continuity and stability of good government in New Mexico, with his or her role extending to the enforcement of elections and government ethics laws, the certification, filing, and preservation of legislation, gubernatorial acts, and other instruments vital to the efficient operation of state government, and the registration and regulatory oversight of commerce and industry.
===Elections administration=== The [http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-elections.html Bureau of Elections] of the Office of the Secretary of State administers elections and enforces local, state, and federal [[election law]]s. The bureau's duties include training [[county clerk]]s and [[voting machine]] technicians, maintaining the state's [[voter registration]] database, filing petitions of candidacy for candidates for public office, and administering the Native American Election Information Program, which is a special program to help improve voter registration and [[voter turnout]] among the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] populations within the state.<ref>[http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-NAEIP.html Native American Election Information Program]</ref>
===Campaign finance and lobbying regulation=== The Ethics Division of the Office of the Secretary of State regulates [[campaign finance]] and [[lobbying]] within the state, and provides campaign finance and lobbying compliance training to various parties involved in government.
===Commerce and industry=== The Business Services Division of the Office of the Secretary of State provides various administrative and business-related services to the people of New Mexico. This includes the formation of [[corporations]], [[limited liability companies]], [[general partnerships]], [[limited partnerships]], and [[limited liability partnerships]], the registration of [[trademarks]], and the indexing of [[security interest]]s under the [[Uniform Commercial Code]] and the [[Food Security Act of 1985]].<ref>[http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-ucc.html New Mexico UCC Information]</ref><ref>[http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-AgLiens.html New Mexico Central Filing System for Agricultural Liens]</ref><ref>[http://www.sos.state.nm.us/PartnershipFAQs.html New Mexico Partnership FAQ]</ref> The division is also responsible for licensing [[Notary public|notaries public]], issuing [[apostille]]s, and maintaining the office's computer systems, including the voter registration system managed by the Bureau of Elections.<ref>[http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-notary.html New Mexico Notary Public information]</ref><ref>[http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-Apostille.html New Mexico apostille information]</ref>
===Miscellaneous functions=== The secretary of state is responsible for filing [[slip law]]s, preserving legislative journals, and publishing [[administrative law|state agency administrative rules]]. The secretary also maintains records of [[referendum]] petitions, serves as [[registered agent]] for [[service of process]] on behalf of foreign corporations, and ensures that proposed amendments to the [[New Mexico Constitution]] are published in at least one newspaper in every county in the state for four consecutive weeks in both [[English language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].<ref>[http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-SOP.html Service of Process upon the New Mexico Secretary of State]</ref> Moreover, the secretary of state is second in the line of succession after the [[Governor of New Mexico|governor]] and the [[Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico|lieutenant governor]]. The secretary of state therefore steps in as acting governor whenever the governor and lieutenant governor are both absent from the state.
== List of New Mexico secretaries of state ==
{| class="wikitable" ! # ! Image ! Name ! Took office ! Left office ! Party |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 1 | [[file:Antonio_Lucero.jpg|60px]] | [[Antonio J. Lucero]] | 1912 | 1918 | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 2 | [[file:Manuel_Martinez_1922.jpg|60px]] | [[Manuel Martínez (politician)|Manuel Martínez]] | 1919 | 1922 | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 3 | [[file:Soledad C. Chacon.jpg|60px]] | [[Soledad Chacón]] | 1923 | 1926 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 4 | [[file:Jennie Fortune.jpg|60px]] | [[Jennie Fortune]] | 1927 | 1928 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 5 | [[file:E. A. Perrault.jpg|60px]] | [[E. A. Perrault]] | 1929 | 1930 | Rep |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 6 | [[file:Marguerite P. Baca.jpg|60px]] | [[Marguerite P. Baca]] | 1931 | 1934 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 7 | [[file:Elizabeth F. Gonzales.jpg|60px]] | [[Elizabeth F. Gonzales]] | 1935 | 1938 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 8 | [[file:Jessie M. Gonzales.jpg|60px]] | [[Jessie M. Gonzales]] | 1939 | 1942 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 9 | [[file:Cecilia T. Cleveland.jpg|60px]] | [[Cecilia T. Cleveland]] | 1943 | 1946 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 10 | [[file:Alicia Valdez Romero.jpg|60px]] | [[Alicia Valdez Romero]] | 1947 | 1950 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 11 | [[file:Beatrice Roach Gottlieb.jpg|60px]] | [[Beatrice Roach Gottlieb]] | 1951 | 1954 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 12 | [[file:Natalie Smith Buck.jpg|60px]] | [[Natalie Smith Buck]] | 1955 | 1958 | Dem |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | 13 | [[file:Betty Fiorina.jpg|60px]] | [[Betty Fiorina]] | 1959 | 1962 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 14 | [[file:Alberta Miller.jpg|60px]] | [[Alberta Miller]] | 1963 | 1966 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 15 | [[file:Ernestine Durán Evans.jpg|60px]] | [[Ernestine D. Evans|Ernestine Durán Evans]] | 1967 | 1970 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 16 | [[file:Betty Fiorina.jpg|60px]] | [[Betty Fiorina]] | 1971 | 1974 | Dem |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | 17 | [[file:Ernestine Durán Evans.jpg|60px]] | [[Ernestine D. Evans|Ernestine Durán Evans]] | 1975 | 1978 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 18 | | [[Shirley Hooper]] | 1979 | 1982 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 19 | | [[Clara Padilla Jones]] | 1983 | 1986 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 20 | | [[Rebecca Vigil-Giron]] | 1987 | 1990 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 21 | | [[Stephanie Gonzales]] | 1991 | 1998 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 22 | | [[Rebecca Vigil-Giron]] | 1999 | 2006 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 23 | | [[Mary Herrera]] | 2007 | 2010 | Dem |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 24 | | [[Dianna Duran]] | 2011 | 2015 | Rep |- | — | | [[Mary Quintana]] (Acting)<ref>[http://bigstory.ap.org/article/feff0f68967c475a91f0ad22f6f209fe/new-mexico-secretary-state-resigns-amid-fraud-allegations New Mexico secretary of state resigns, enters guilty plea, Associated Press, Oct 23, 2015]</ref> | 2015 | 2015 | |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 25 | | [[Brad Winter]]<ref>[http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3993001.shtml?cat=513#.VnQbzDbovxg ABQ Councilor Brad Winter sworn in as secretary of state, KOB TV, Dec 15, 2015]</ref> | 2015 | 2016 | Rep |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 26 | [[file:Maggie Toulouse Oliver.jpg|60px]] | [[Maggie Toulouse Oliver]] | 2016 | Present | Dem |- |colspan="6"|{{center|''Source:<ref>{{cite book|last=State of New Mexico|editor=Kathryn A. Flynn|others=Diana J. Duran|title=2012 Centennial Blue Book|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|date=July 2012|publisher=Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State|pages=224}}</ref>''}} |}
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==External links== *[http://www.sos.state.nm.us/ Official homepage of the New Mexico Secretary of State]
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