Iowa Secretary of State

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public office state constitutional office

The Iowa Secretary of State is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and performing various administrative and regulatory duties in the state of Iowa.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Iowa Secretary of State canonical	1
Office of the Iowa Secretary of State	1
Secretary of State of Iowa	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2777876 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Iowa Secretary of State
Context triple: [Government of Iowa, hasSecretaryOfState, Iowa Secretary of State]

A. Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
The Lieutenant Governor of Iowa is the second-highest executive officer in the state, assisting the governor and often succeeding them in case of vacancy.
B. Attorney General of Iowa
The Attorney General of Iowa is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Iowa in legal matters, enforcing state law, and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.
C. Illinois Secretary of State
The Illinois Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees driver services, vehicle registration, state record-keeping, and various administrative functions in Illinois government.
D. Treasurer of State of Iowa
The Treasurer of State of Iowa is the elected statewide official responsible for managing Iowa’s public funds, investments, and related financial operations.
E. Governor of Iowa
The Governor of Iowa is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy and the budget.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Iowa Secretary of State
Target entity description: The Iowa Secretary of State is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and performing various administrative and regulatory duties in the state of Iowa.

A. Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
The Lieutenant Governor of Iowa is the second-highest executive officer in the state, assisting the governor and often succeeding them in case of vacancy.
B. Attorney General of Iowa
The Attorney General of Iowa is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Iowa in legal matters, enforcing state law, and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.
C. Illinois Secretary of State
The Illinois Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees driver services, vehicle registration, state record-keeping, and various administrative functions in Illinois government.
D. Treasurer of State of Iowa
The Treasurer of State of Iowa is the elected statewide official responsible for managing Iowa’s public funds, investments, and related financial operations.
E. Governor of Iowa
The Governor of Iowa is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy and the budget.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public office ⓘ state constitutional office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	State of Iowa ⓘ linked to: Iowa
category	Elections in Iowa ⓘ Government of Iowa ⓘ State constitutional officers of Iowa ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Iowa Governor ⓘ linked to: Governor of Iowa Iowa Legislature ⓘ linked to: Iowa General Assembly Iowa county auditors on election administration ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Iowa Constitution ⓘ linked to: Constitution of the State of Iowa
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
electedIn	statewide general elections in Iowa ⓘ
hasAuthority	to adopt administrative rules related to business filings ⓘ to adopt administrative rules related to elections ⓘ
hasDuty	to preserve official state records under its custody ⓘ to provide public access to certain records ⓘ
hasOfficeLocation	Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody	Office of the Iowa Secretary of State ⓘ linked to: Iowa Secretary of State
issues	apostilles for documents in Iowa ⓘ
jurisdiction	Iowa ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Polk County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Iowa Executive Branch ⓘ linked to: Government of Iowa
officeContestedBy	candidates from multiple political parties ⓘ
officeType	statewide elected office ⓘ
oversees	authentication of certain official documents ⓘ filing of ballot access documents in Iowa ⓘ state election calendar for Iowa ⓘ state initiative and referendum paperwork where applicable ⓘ statewide voter registration database of Iowa ⓘ
partOf	Government of Iowa ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of absentee voting procedures in Iowa ⓘ administration of elections in Iowa ⓘ business entity registration in Iowa ⓘ campaign finance filings in Iowa ⓘ certification of election results in Iowa ⓘ enforcement of certain election laws in Iowa ⓘ lobbyist registration in Iowa ⓘ maintaining Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings in Iowa ⓘ maintaining business filings in Iowa ⓘ maintaining certain public records in Iowa ⓘ maintaining corporate records in Iowa ⓘ maintaining notary public records in Iowa ⓘ overseeing voter registration in Iowa ⓘ publishing official state election information ⓘ trade name registration in Iowa ⓘ voter outreach and education in Iowa ⓘ
seat	Iowa State Capitol ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Iowa → hasSecretaryOfState → Iowa Secretary of State ⓘ

Iowa Secretary of State → headOfGovernmentBody → Office of the Iowa Secretary of State ⓘ

linked to: Iowa Secretary of State

John A. T. Hull → positionHeld → Secretary of State of Iowa ⓘ