The correct answer is A. Secretary of state: replaces the governor in some states if needed, chief clerk and record keeper; Treasurer: custodian of state funds; Attorney General: the state's chief lawyer.
Explanation:
In politics, the state executive officers refer to representants of the executive branch whose main role is to implement and enforce the law. Most common executive officers include the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State, the Treasurer and Attorney General that are presented in the flowchart of the question. In terms of function or the role, each of these officers has there are important differences among them thar are explained below:
- The Lieutenant Governor is in charge of replacing governor when this is absent and accomplishing all the functions of the governor
- The Secretary of State this is in charge of multiple functions including keeping state records, accomplish different responsibilities assigned by the governor and others and even replacing the governor in some cases
- The Treasurer is in charge of the finance of the states including the way funds are used
- The Attorney General acts as the legal advisor and lawyer of the state, which means it can represent the state in legal issues
Considering this, the option that correctly completes the missing information about the different state officers is option A, as this is the only option in which each of the executive officers is related to the function correctly as the Secretary of state is in charge or recording and replacing the governor, the Treasurer is the on that controls the state funds and the Attorney General is the state's chief lawyer.
