Overview
The Department protects the public's health and safety by licensing more than one million business and health professionals; promotes the integrity of the electoral process; supports economic development through corporate registrations and transactions; maintains registration and financial information for thousands of charities, and sanctions professional boxing, kick-boxing, wrestling and mixed martial arts.
Resources and Guides
Resources to Help Start a Business or Charity
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Business and charities resourcesResources for Professional Licensees
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Professional licensing resourcesInformation on Voting & Elections
Find reports and statistics on voting, campaign finance, and lobbying disclosure.
Voting and election reports and statisticsState Athletics Resources
Find forms and documents needed to compete in Pennsylvania.
Forms for boxers, mixed martial artists and moreNews
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Secretary Schmidt Opens 2024 PA Campus Voting Challenge to Encourage Civic Engagement Among College Students
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ICYMI: Secretary of the Commonwealth Meets with Philadelphia Poll Worker Trainees, Encourages Voters to Sign Up to Be Poll Workers in November Election
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Secretary of the Commonwealth Meets with Philadelphia Poll Worker Trainees, Encourages Voters to Sign Up to Be Poll Workers in November Election
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Participation in Cancer Drug Repository Program Rises 900% Since March After Department of State Outreach
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