Voters, Drivers, Donors and 
More in Secretary of State 2015 Data
(Crystal A. Proxmire, Feb. 6, 2016)
Lansing, MI – The Secretary of State’s office is responsible for many services that impact residents and businesses including voter registration, oversight of elections and driving/vehicle related licensing.
Here are some stats, facts and figures from the Secretary of State Ruth Johnson for Fiscal Year 2015 (Oct. 1, 2014 and ends Sept. 30, 2015), taken from a report released in December 2015:
Budget and Fiscal Management
~$2.3 billion collected by SOS (FY15)
~ $1 billion for roads, $730 million for education, $358 million to General Fund
~$72 million to other state entities*
~$184 million SOS operations (8 percent to SOS / 92 percent to other entities)
~$225 million FY16 budget; $17.2 million General Fund (7.6 percent)
*DNR, MSP, DEQ, Supreme Court, LARA, Agriculture & Rural Development, Treasury, MSHDA, DHHS, and DTMB
Statewide Election Data 
~7,278,671 million registered voters in Michigan (as of October 2015)
~ 425,000+ voter registrations completed in branch offices during FY15
~ 1,601 local and county clerks who manage and run elections, providing local control, accountability and frontline knowledge of issues, candidates and the electorate
~ 92 percent of Michigan precincts have implemented electronic pollbooks
~ November 2014 General Election (last statewide general election)
~ 3,188,956 million voters (42.8% turnout), including 828,182 absentee voters
~ 488,852 “hits” on the Michigan Voter Information Center (MVIC) online and mobile sites during the 16 days preceding the November 2014 General Election.
Customer Service and Operations
~ 1,577 employees (average for FY15), down 25 percent from FY02
~ 131 branch offices, down from 173 in FY02; one mobile office
Branch Transactions (FY15)
~ 12.6 million total transactions (50,000 per day)
~ 575,195 change of address transactions
~ 181,421 Saturday transactions
~ 1.8 million MI-TIME Line customers (hold your place in line)
Online Transactions – ExpressSOS.com (FY15)
~1.981 million online transactions (7.8 million since Oct 2011 launch)
~ 1.3 million tab renewals
~ 169,750 driver license renewals
Other Transactions (FY15)
~ 701,142 tab renewals via 77 self-service kiosks (up 22% from FY14)
~ 1.76 million renewals by mail (down 9% from F14)
~ 17,336 calls and 1,651 email inquiries weekly
~ 3,500 to 4,000 average daily calls on the public toll-free line
Organ Donor Registry (annual totals)
~ More than 2 million names added to Michigan’s organ donor registry during initiative launched by Secretary Johnson (2011 –2015)
~ 344,945 names added in FY15
Learn more about the Secretary of State’s office at http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1640—,00.html.
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