Shirley N. Weber

1What can this job do?

The Secretary of State is California's chief elections officer and record-keeper. The office sets statewide election procedures, certifies which candidates and measures appear on the ballot, maintains voter-registration systems and campaign-finance disclosure (Cal-Access), and registers new businesses in the state.

✗It does NOT count your local ballots — each county's registrar runs the actual voting — and it does not write election law (the Legislature does) or decide who wins beyond certifying the official totals.

2What has this person done with it?

We don't yet track a record of this official's actions here. For state offices, the public record is unusually good: recorded votes and bill histories are at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, and campaign finance is at the Secretary of State's Cal-Access. Those primary sources are the place to look — we'd rather send you there than summarize selectively.

We only log matters of public record, in the same format for every official — never opinion or news coverage.

3How does this affect you?

Every Californian shares this office. The secretary of state runs California's elections, keeps official state records, and registers businesses. You share this one official with the whole state.

4How do you change it?

This is an elected statewide office with a four-year term, limited to two terms — every voter in California chooses it together, so your vote is one of millions. These offices are on the ballot in the same even-year cycle as the Governor. Registration, polling place, and mail ballots run through the Orange County Registrar of Voters (ocvote.gov).

☑This seat is expected on the ballot November 3, 2026 — that's the county's forecast, not yet the official notice of election.