Our Ohio: The Secretary of State

Description

This episode of "Our Ohio: Profiles in Government" features Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. As Ohio's chief elections officer, the secretary of state oversees the elections process and appoints the members of boards of elections in each of Ohio's 88 counties.

The secretary of state supervises the administration of election laws, approves ballot language, reviews statewide initiative and referendum petitions, chairs the Ohio Ballot Board, which approves ballot language for statewide issues, canvasses votes for all elective state offices and issues; investigates election fraud and irregularities, trains election officials and reimburses counties for poll worker training costs.