Secretary of State of Connecticut

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elective office public office state constitutional office

The Secretary of State of Connecticut is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records and business registrations, and administering various governmental and civic functions in the state.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Connecticut Secretary of the State	4
Secretary of State of Connecticut canonical	4
Connecticut Secretary of State	2
Secretary of the State of Connecticut	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9650728 — 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: Secretary of State of Connecticut
Context triple: [Orville H. Platt, positionHeld, Secretary of State of Connecticut]

A. Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
The Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut is the state's second-highest executive officer, serving as the governor's deputy and presiding over the Connecticut State Senate.
B. Governor of Connecticut
The Governor of Connecticut is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy and the budget.
C. Attorney General of Connecticut
The Attorney General of Connecticut is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Connecticut in legal matters and enforcing state laws to protect the public interest.
D. Secretary of State of Vermont
The Secretary of State of Vermont is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records, regulating certain professions and businesses, and administering various governmental services in the state.
E. Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
The Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island is the state's second-highest executive officer, who assists the governor and often oversees areas such as emergency management, small business, and civic and veterans’ affairs.
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: Secretary of State of Connecticut
Target entity description: The Secretary of State of Connecticut is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records and business registrations, and administering various governmental and civic functions in the state.

A. Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
The Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut is the state's second-highest executive officer, serving as the governor's deputy and presiding over the Connecticut State Senate.
B. Governor of Connecticut
The Governor of Connecticut is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy and the budget.
C. Attorney General of Connecticut
The Attorney General of Connecticut is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Connecticut in legal matters and enforcing state laws to protect the public interest.
D. Secretary of State of Vermont
The Secretary of State of Vermont is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records, regulating certain professions and businesses, and administering various governmental services in the state.
E. Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
The Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island is the state's second-highest executive officer, who assists the governor and often oversees areas such as emergency management, small business, and civic and veterans’ affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	elective office ⓘ public office ⓘ state constitutional office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Connecticut Secretary of State ⓘ linked to: Secretary of State of Connecticut Connecticut Secretary of the State ⓘ linked to: Secretary of State of Connecticut
appliesToJurisdiction	Connecticut ⓘ
appointedBy	voters of Connecticut ⓘ
branch	executive branch of Connecticut ⓘ linked to: Executive branch of Connecticut
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Connecticut state constitution ⓘ
election	Connecticut statewide elections ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Secretary of State of Connecticut ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Hartford, Connecticut ⓘ linked to: Hartford
inception	18th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Connecticut ⓘ linked to: Connecticut
legalBasis	Constitution of the State of Connecticut ⓘ linked to: Connecticut state constitution
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Hartford County ⓘ
officeHolder	Stephanie Thomas ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime	Stephanie Thomas 2023 ⓘ
officeType	statewide elected office ⓘ
oversees	Connecticut commercial recording division ⓘ Connecticut elections division ⓘ Connecticut legislative and elections administration functions ⓘ
partOf	Government of Connecticut ⓘ
positionHeld	Secretary of State of Connecticut ⓘ
residenceRequirement	Connecticut ⓘ
responsibleFor	UCC (Uniform Commercial Code) filings ⓘ administration of elections in Connecticut ⓘ authentication of documents ⓘ business entity registrations ⓘ certification of election results ⓘ civic education initiatives ⓘ corporation filings ⓘ issuance of apostilles ⓘ limited liability company filings ⓘ maintenance of public records ⓘ maintenance of state government records ⓘ oversight of election laws in Connecticut ⓘ promotion of voter participation ⓘ publication of state government information ⓘ trade name registrations ⓘ voter registration systems oversight ⓘ
selectionMethod	popular election ⓘ
style	Secretary of the State ⓘ linked to: Secretary of State
supervises	Connecticut Office of the Secretary of the State ⓘ linked to: Office of the Secretary of the State of Connecticut
termLength	4 years ⓘ
termLimit	no term limits ⓘ
website	https://portal.ct.gov/sots ⓘ

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