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Oklahoma Governor Stitt Names Brian Bingman As Secretary Of State

12Oct

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Oklahoma Governor Stitt Names Brian Bingman As Secretary Of State

Governor Stitt Names Brian Bingman As New Secretary Of State And Native American Affairs Secretary of Budget Mike Mazzei announces resignation to return to private sector Oklahoma City, OK (STL.News) – Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced today he has named Chief Policy Advisor Brian Bingman as Secretary of State and Native American Affairs. Bingman, former President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, joined the Stitt Administration in August as the governor’s lead negotiator on legislative policy and will continue those duties as Secretary of State. “Senator Bingman is a natural choice to be our next Secretary of State,” said Gov. Stitt. “It has been clear since he joined our team that he is respected by our colleagues in the Legislature and Oklahomans across the state. His wisdom...

Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea Statement on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

19Sep

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Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea Statement on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Providence, RI (STL.News) Rhode Island Secretary of State, Nellie Gorbea released the following statement regarding the death of US Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: We have lost a champion of voting rights, women's rights, immigration, health care and the values that make our country great. Thank you Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for always striving to make America live up to its promise. We mourn your loss. We will continue the fight. Rest in peace, RBG. References: Original Article NY AG Statement CA Governor Statement PA Governor Statement WA Governor Statement STL.News Tag "Ruth Bader Ginsburg" Wikipedia Page "Ruth Bader Ginsburg" CLICK to VIEW SOURCE

Missouri Secretary of State: Ashcroft Secures 25,000 Face Masks for November Election

15Sep

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Missouri Secretary of State: Ashcroft Secures 25,000 Face Masks for November Election

Jefferson City, MO (STL.News) Making good on his promises, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has secured 25,000 face masks to be delivered to local election authorities for the November 3 General Election. In a joint release, Ashcroft announced that Patriot Medical Devices, located in Cape Girardeau, is supplying the 3-ply, disposable face masks, manufactured in Missouri with American-made materials. “Voting in person will be safe in November,” Ashcroft said. “Using creativity and the buying power of state government, my office is continuing to deliver on our promise to provide protective equipment for polling places in November. Missouri has already held three elections during the COVID-19 pandemic, and our local election authorities know what works to keep polling places safe....

Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Urges Voters to Use Trusted Sources to Request Ballots

22Jul

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Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Urges Voters to Use Trusted Sources to Request Ballots

Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Urges Voters to Use Trusted Sources to Request Ballots, Be Wary of Third Parties that Collect Data Jefferson City, MO (STL.News) With the July 22, 2020, absentee and mail-in ballot request deadline looming for the August 4 primary election, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft urged Missouri voters to take advantage of trusted sources of information, such as their county clerks and boards of election. Missouri voters are encouraged to contact those officials or the secretary of state’s office with any questions about the absentee or mail-in ballot application process. “Voting is a privilege, a right, and a responsibility,” Ashcroft said. “I want to make sure Missouri voters know that ballot applications are best obtained from election officials, a...

Missouri SOS Ashcroft Announces Electronic Records Initiative Grants Awarded

16Jul

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Missouri SOS Ashcroft Announces Electronic Records Initiative Grants Awarded

Missouri SOS Ashcroft Announces Electronic Records Initiative Grants Awarded to Local Governments for Records Management Projects Jefferson City, MO (STL.News) Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is pleased to announce the awarding of three Electronic Records Initiative (ERI) grants totaling $66,685. Based on the recommendations of the Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, they provide the recipient local governments with assistance for electronic records management and preservation projects. The following grantees are now eligible to receive reimbursement up to the total listed award amount: Nodaway County: $22,500 City of Kirksville: $27,000 City of Eureka: $17,185 Introduced in 2020 ahead of Missouri’s 2021 fiscal year, the ERI grants are a pilot endeavor of the Mis...

Sanctions on Iranian Tanker Captains for Assistance to Maduro

24Jun

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Sanctions on Iranian Tanker Captains for Assistance to Maduro

Washington DC (STL.News) Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary Of State released the following statement: Today, the United States, under Executive Order 13599, is sanctioning five Iranian ship captains, who delivered approximately 1.5 million barrels of Iranian gasoline and related components to Venezuela in support of the illegitimate Maduro regime. These individuals who headed five Iranian-flagged tankers – CLAVEL, PETUNIA, FORTUNE, FOREST, and FAXON – to Venezuela’s shores are now added to the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) maintained by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. The rogue regimes in Caracas and Tehran are unified by their penchant for repressing their people, corruption, self-enrichment, and gross mismanagement ...

US Department of State: Women, Peace, and Security Implementation Plan

11Jun

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US Department of State: Women, Peace, and Security Implementation Plan

Washington, DC (STL.News) – The US Department of State released the following statement: The United States is leading by example in women’s empowerment on the global stage. Today the Department of State released its Plan to Implement the U.S. Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security. The Strategy focuses on supporting women leaders around the world who make contributions to global security, including by ensuring the Department and its personnel have the necessary skills and tools to carry out this important mission. Supporting women’s meaningful participation to maintain peace, stem conflict, and counter terrorism leads to better security and economic outcomes for communities and countries around the world. The Department of State’s Implementation Plan lays out concrete steps to achieve...

Secretary Pompeo’s Call with Austrian Foreign Minister Schallenberg

11Jun

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Secretary Pompeo’s Call with Austrian Foreign Minister Schallenberg

Washington DC (STL.News) The US Department of State released the following statement: Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo spoke with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg today about the U.S.-Austrian shared commitment to combatting the COVID-19 pandemic and to countering campaigns that spread disinformation, distort reality, and undermine trust in our democracies. Secretary Pompeo and Foreign Minister Schallenberg also discussed the President’s Vision for Peace between Israel and the Palestinians and efforts to hold Iranian terrorism proxy Hizballah accountable for its malign activities in Europe. CLICK to VIEW SOURCE

Public Designation of Gustavo Adolfo Alejos Cambara of Guatemala Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption

9Jun

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Public Designation of Gustavo Adolfo Alejos Cambara of Guatemala Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption

Washington DC (STL.News) Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary Of State stated that I am announcing the public designation of former Guatemalan Presidential Chief of Staff Gustavo Adolfo Alejos Cambara of Guatemala due to his involvement in significant corruption. In his official capacity as the Chief of Staff to former President of the Republic of Guatemala Álvaro Colom, Alejos was involved in corrupt acts that undermined rule of law and the Guatemalan public’s faith in their government’s democratic institutions, officials, and public processes. This designation is made under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (Div. G, P.L. 116-94). Under Section 7031(c), once the Secretary of State designates officials of foreign governm...

Missouri Securities Division Issues Order for Michael Reither to Show Cause

23Apr

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Missouri Securities Division Issues Order for Michael Reither to Show Cause

Missouri Securities Division Issues Order for Michael Reither to Show Cause Why Shouldn't Pay Restitution for Unethical Conduct Jefferson City, MO (STL.News) Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s Securities Division ordered Michael Reither, an investment adviser representative and broker-dealer agent previously associated with First Allied Securities, Inc., (FASI) to cease and desist and show cause why restitution of more than $46,000 should not be paid. It is alleged that Reither, of Aurora, Colorado, engaged in dishonest and unethical conduct by borrowing money from a client – a Union, Missouri resident – and failed to provide prior written notice to his employer of Outside Business Activity (OBA) with the client. Reither has not repaid the loan from the Missouri resident. The Enf...

Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Announces Approved Electronic Notary Vendors

10Apr

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Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Announces Approved Electronic Notary Vendors

Jefferson City, MO (STL.News) On April 6, Governor Mike Parson signed Executive Order 20-08, suspending a statutory requirement that a Notary Public must conduct the notarization of official documents while the signer appears personally in front of him or her. Today, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced the first of what is expected to be several approved vendors capable of providing the audio-video services required to conduct electronic notarization. Additional approvals are anticipated in the coming days. Missouri’s current list of approved vendors is available on the Secretary of State’s website at https://www.sos.mo.gov/ElectronicNotary. “I am pleased to make this temporary electronic notary service available to Missouri’s nearly 70,000 notaries,” Ashcroft said. “During this ...

Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Announce April 7 Municipal Elections Postponed

18Mar

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Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Announce April 7 Municipal Elections Postponed

Missouri Governor Parson, and Secretary of State, Ashcroft Announce April 7 Municipal Elections Postponed Until June 2 in Response to COVID-19 Jefferson City, MO (STL.News) Pursuant to Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s Executive Order 20-02 declaring a state of emergency in response to COVID-19 and a request from Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Governor Parson today signed Executive Order 20-03 ordering all Missouri municipal elections previously scheduled for April 7, 2020, to be postponed to June 2, 2020. The Executive Order declares that ballots already printed for the April 7 election may be used at the postponed date of June 2. Voters who have attained the age of 18 by April 7 will be allowed to cast a ballot. “Given the growing concern surrounding COVID-19 and the large number of p...

Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Announces Program on Camp Crowder

6Jan

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Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Announces Program on Camp Crowder

Jefferson City, MO (STL.News) Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft today announced a Thursday Evening Speaker Series program on the history of Camp Crowder. The program will be held in the Interpretive Center of the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center, the location of the Secretary of State’s State Archives, on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. In his latest book, Images of America: Camp Crowder, former National Guardsman and historian Jeremy Amick chronicles the renowned military installation in southwest Missouri. Established in 1941, Camp Crowder was the World War II duty location for Women’s Army Corps contingents, as well as home to Army Signal Corps and Army Service Forces training centers. The 43,000-acre installation was also the site of a prisoner of war camp confinin...

Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Announces Top Investor Threats for 2020

4Jan

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Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Announces Top Investor Threats for 2020

Jefferson City, MO (STL.News) Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft today announced the top five investment products or schemes likely to trap Missouri’s investors in the New Year and recommended steps they can take to protect themselves from investment fraud. The list was developed by surveying members of the North American Securities Administrators Association, of which the Securities Division of the Secretary of State’s Office is a member, to identify threats investors are likely to see in 2020. The following were most frequently identified by NASAA members as the top five areas of concern for the coming year: Promissory Notes Ponzi Schemes Real Estate-related Investments Cryptocurrency-related Investment Products Social Media/Internet-based Investment Schemes “It is im...

Secretary of State Ashcroft Supports Missouri Supreme Court on Election Security and Transparency

3Jan

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Secretary of State Ashcroft Supports Missouri Supreme Court on Election Security and Transparency

Jefferson City, MO (STL.News) Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft gave the following statement on the Missouri Supreme Court ruling on St. Louis City Election Board’s refusal to produce absentee ballot applications and ballot envelopes: “I’m very pleased with the Missouri Supreme Court’s ruling in this case, in which the court agreed that absentee ballot applications and envelopes are public record and must be produced when requested through the sunshine law. I am always in favor of increased security and transparency in elections so long as there are safeguards to protect the anonymity of voters’ ballots.”

Missouri Securities Division Orders Halt to Progress Marketing Management, Shajuan Butler Who Solicited $10,000 From Texas Resident

5Dec

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Missouri Securities Division Orders Halt to Progress Marketing Management, Shajuan Butler Who Solicited $10,000 From Texas Resident

Jefferson City, MO (STL.News) Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s Securities Division issued a final order against Shajuan Butler and Progress Marketing Management of St. Louis to cease and desist after they sold unregistered, non-exempt securities to a Texas resident. In November 2018, Butler and his company persuaded a Texas resident to invest $10,000. Butler promised a 40% rate of return every two to three weeks. The company’s website claimed the investment had “virtually no risk” and that Butler and his company had fully licensed credentialed professionals on staff who would create portfolios to meet long-term financial goals. The website also claimed Butler’s investment team offered “a commitment to ethics and integrity.” After receiving a partial return on investment, the...

Statement from Missouri Secretary Ashcroft on Alleged Election Fraud in Berkeley MO

23Nov

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Statement from Missouri Secretary Ashcroft on Alleged Election Fraud in Berkeley MO

Jefferson City, MO (STL.News) Following is a statement from Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft regarding Berkeley, Mo., Mayor Theodore “Ted” Hoskins, charged with several felony counts of election fraud. According to court documents, Hoskins is alleged to have altered absentee ballots and has been charged with one felony count of forgery and four felony counts of committing an election offense. “Our office was pleased to reach out to federal law enforcement officials to help the St. Louis County Board of Elections move forward with their analysis. Thank you especially to Eric Fey, who was determined to make sure a conclusion was reached in this case. Voter fraud is real, and these charges make that clear. “At the federal, state and local levels, officials and their staffs work h...

Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Announces 12 Initiative Petitions Received

7Nov

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Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Announces 12 Initiative Petitions Received

Jefferson City, MO (STL.News) Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced his office recently received 12 initiative petitions amending the Missouri Constitution. Before circulating petitions for signatures, state law requires that groups must first have the form of their petition approved by the secretary of state’s office. The office then has 23 days after the form of the petition is approved to draft ballot summary language. Comments will be taken pursuant to Section 116.334, RSMo. This provision allows Missourians to offer their observations on the submitted proposal online or by mail. Missourians can provide their comments at www.sos.mo.gov/comment. The secretary of state’s office will review all comments submitted. Initiative Petitions Received Petition 2020-128 would...