as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records file your intent to run for office with the city secretary

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Recent Examples of secretary Trump went on to select Kennedy as his secretary of Health and Human Services. Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025 In Noem’s video, the secretary states that TSA workers are not receiving their pay due to the shutdown. Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2025 Xi’s decade as the party’s general secretary has seen the number of women in politics and elite government roles decline and gender gaps in the work force widen, academics and activists say. Reuters, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025 Then there’s Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Biden’s transportation secretary. Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for secretary
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Noun
  • Jesse Salinas, the county’s registrar of voters, said the county has strong safeguards to protect voters and ensure election integrity.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • However, the registrar of voters office said in March that the group fell 1,027 short of the number required because of signatures determined to be invalid or in need of information such as a date or an address.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
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  • Friday from the Lonoke County jail on a $5,000 bond, according to a jail clerk.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
  • He was sentenced to death for the murder of the officer and to life in prison for the clerk's murder.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretary. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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