Congress shall have the power to call for the militia, execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions.
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U.S. State Secretaries of State
Quotes from current and former U.S. state secretaries of state.
Current secretaries of state
ALWes AllenAlabama5 Quotes
KYMichael AdamsKentucky22 Quotes
NVCisco AguilarNevada11 Quotes
RIGregg AmoreRhode Island6 Quotes
DCKimberly BassettDistrict of Columbia
MEShenna BellowsMaine41 Quotes
MIJocelyn BensonMichigan153 Quotes
FLCord ByrdFlorida598 Quotes
NJDale CaldwellNew Jersey1 Quote
VTSarah Copeland-HanzasVermont
NEBob EvnenNebraska3 Quotes
AZAdrian FontesArizona49 Quotes
MABill GalvinMassachusetts2 Quotes
ILAlexi GiannouliasIllinois15 Quotes
WISarah GodlewskiWisconsin1 Quote
WYChuck GrayWyoming5 Quotes
COJena GriswoldColorado115 Quotes
TNTre HargettTennessee
NDMichael HoweNorth Dakota6 Quotes
VACandi KingVirginia2 Quotes
OHFrank LaRoseOhio18 Quotes
NCElaine MarshallNorth Carolina
INDiego MoralesIndiana11 Quotes
NYWalter MosleyNew York2 Quotes
TXJane NelsonTexas
NMMaggie Toulouse OliverNew Mexico33 Quotes
IAPaul PateIowa8 Quotes
DECharuni Patibanda-SanchezDelaware1 Quote
GABrad RaffenspergerGeorgia74 Quotes
ORTobias ReadOregon15 Quotes
NHDavid ScanlanNew Hampshire2 Quotes
PAAl SchmidtPennsylvania45 Quotes
KSScott SchwabKansas16 Quotes
MNSteve SimonMinnesota28 Quotes
Former secretaries of state
I think there`s a lot of people who don`t understand what the Second Amendment actually means in context of the whole Constitution. Right? Right. The confusion is I can just be a militia by myself. And a well-regulated militia just means…
The idea that in some states, after a child or a woman or a man, but in particular in this case of abortion, a woman or a child would have endured such an act of violence, and then to suggest that she would not have the autonomy and…
Election law should be made at the Statehouse, never at the courthouse.
We need to know things so that we can act quickly. That is the bottom line is when it comes to protecting our elections, time is of the essence.
But isn't it true by implication that ballots cast in Wisconsin by absentee drop-box deposited ballots were illegal in the 2020 election?
I reject this notion and some offer this idea that somehow you have to choose from either convenient elections or secure elections.
For the Federal Government to start mandating the way States run elections is a bridge too far in my opinion.
As Thomas Jefferson put it, our Government derives its 'just powers from the consent of the governed'.
Government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed.
Since 2020, however, lies and misinformation about how elections are run and about the people who run them have proliferated to an unprecedented degree.
I believe both Federal and State law enforcement agencies are taking these threats seriously and diligently and we must show the public that threats against election officials will not be tolerated.
I fear that threats coupled with the general vitriol online and in the media directed at all aspects of our elections will cause them so much stress and uncertainty that they will simply not want to do work anymore.
Many people now believe that our entire election infrastructure is corrupted and has been weaponized to exclusively favor one political party.
Many people now believe that our country's highest office is occupied by an illegitimate President.
Kamala Harris, raising money to bail out of jail violent rioters threatening fellow citizens.
And yet we must recognize there are those who are fighting to drag us backward, extremist so-called leaders, who are attempting to undermine our democracy and assault our most fundamental freedom lives.
The right’s obsession with subjugating women sends the clear message that women are not to be trusted to make decisions, even about their own bodies and their lives.
One of the things we need to do is pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. We need to elect people who will defend these rights up and down the ballot from district attorneys to state attorneys general to local…
An assault weapon is designed to kill a lot of human beings quickly. There is no reason that we have weapons of war on the streets of America. We need reasonable gun safety laws. And we need to have Congress stop protecting those gun…
We got to be smarter as a country in terms of who has access to what, and, in particular, assault weapons.
This could happen anywhere. And I know, because I`ve been covering them. They literally do happen everywhere in this country.
We will do everything within our power as an administration through the executive branch to ensure that women have access to the medication they need and that they will have freedom of travel and that that travel should be unrestricted.
