Secretary of State or also known short as SOS is part of the California government that provides many valuable operations to individuals, companies and other organizations of government. Some of the main functions of SOS include election assistance, political reform, registries, business programs, archives, and a few other related services. In each of these main functions there are certain activities that SOS will perform that may pertain to only individuals or companies, and even for other branches of government in California. In some of the election activities that SOS provides will include voter registration, news of upcoming elections, and information on prior elections, voting in California, Ballot measures, voting systems, as well as Publications and resources. Political reform activities include Campaign finance, Lobbying Activity and finance, plus Electronic filing information. Business programs that the organization provides are Notary public, Trademarks and Service Marks, Victims of Corporate Fraud compensation fund, special filings, Uniform Commercial Code, and various forms and fees. Other services such as Archives provided by SOS include California museums, the Minerva online catalog, and State Archive collections.…