registrars

plural of registrar
as in clerks
an official whose job is to keep records got a copy of his transcript from the school's registrar

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Recent Examples of registrars In this cynical age, our local registrars of voters, usually one from each party, remain respected public officials. Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026 Once certified, petitioners then have just over two months to collect and submit the requisite number of signatures to local registrars and ultimately the Secretary of State. Robert Cordy, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026 But registrars in Orange and Los Angeles counties have already certified their election results, so voters have a fairly clear picture of who will be on their ballots in the fall. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 7 July 2026 County registrars will now validate signatures from both ballot measures and report the results to Secretary of State Shirley Weber, whose office will ultimately rubber-stamp the proposals to appear on voters’ ballots. Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026 In a memo to the state's county clerks and registrars, Weber said official certification would happen in June for the November 3 general election ballot. Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 Historically, observers were also charged with registering voters at polling stations and local registrars’ offices with the specific goal of assisting disenfranchised minorities. Allison Mashell Mitchell, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026 And in ordinary academic buildings and offices tucked up in the corners of the athletic department, university registrars and academic advisors were setting their hair on fire, trying to figure out how to approve transcripts and shoehorn new students into classes that were already full. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026 Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence. Time, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 4-2 on July 9 to distribute guidance to clerks saying absentee voters cannot change their ballot after it has been returned.
    Scott Bauer, Twin Cities, 29 July 2026
  • The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission had voted on July 9 to distribute guidance to clerks saying absentee voters cannot change their ballot after it has been returned.
    Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
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  • The secretaries demanded detailed descriptions of the methodology DHS used as well as transparency about what state voter lists DHS analyzed.
    Miles Parks, NPR, 31 July 2026
  • That’s why the bipartisan letter from eight previous Department of Transportation secretaries to Sens.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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“Registrars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/registrars. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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