Prior to the creation of the lieutenant governor's office, the succession to the governorship of Utah was held by the Utah Secretary of State. The office of the secretary of state was abolished by the state legislature in 1976; its duties were given to the newly created office of the lieutenant governor. The lieutenant governor is elected on the same ticket as the governor.
Utah has no secretary of state, and many of the functions that would commonly be performed by a secretary of state are instead fulfilled by the lieutenant governor.[1] The lieutenant governor's statutory duties include oversight of all notaries public,[2] the legal authentication or apostillation of official documents for use in foreign jurisdictions,[3] registering and regulating licensed lobbyists,[4] certifying municipalannexations,[5] and serving as the "keeper" of the Great Seal of the State of Utah.[6] Notably, she has general administrative authority over all elections—federal, state, or local—that take place in Utah.[7]
Italics indicate next-in-line of succession for states and territories without a directly elected lieutenant governor or whose lieutenant governor office is vacant:
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