MS Secretary of State Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Oct 19, 2016
Hon. Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi Secretary of State, spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson during its October 18, 2016 meeting. The primary subject of his presentation was tools for business development developed by the Office of the Secretary of State. His office has developed a website named Y'all Business (address https://yallbusiness.sos.ms.gov/business) for use in business development activities. He described and demonstrated the information on the site. Mr. Hosemann also discussed the success which the State has had with the federal government (Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice) in its adoption and approval of its Voter ID law. He attributed the success of the law to the mutual working attitude which Mississippi used in approaching the Department of Justice. Mr. Hosemann also stated his office is fully digital and it has eliminated millions of pieces of mail annually by the utilization of electronic reporting and filing saving millions of dollars for Mississippi citizens. In his words, the Mississippi Secretary of State is the leader nationally in the use of electronic records. In response to a question, Mr. Hosemann said that the voting computers the State of Mississippi uses in elections are not connected to the internet and thus are not subject to hacking by intruders.
Mr. Hosemann (center) is shown in the accompanying photo with Rotarian Henry Larose (left) and Club President Wyatt Emmerich (right). We thank him for his very informative presentation and for his service to our State.
