This series consists of:

(1) special elections to fill vacancies at times other than the end of an office-holder's term

(2) referendums to answer questions concerning taxes, annexations, school board changes, etc.

(3) bond elections (school, hospital, courthouse, library, etc.)

(4) some regularly scheduled elections.

The elections records usually include the consolidated returns, voting district returns, numbered lists of voters and miscellaneous correspondence. Sample ballots including the wording of the referendum are sometimes included. Most of the correspondence consists of letters of transmittal and acknowledgements. Very rarely there are letters soliciting the Secretary of State's opinion as to a point of law concerning the elections.

Returns of special elections and referendums held on the date of the general election are usually filed with records of the general election. This also applies to special elections held on the date of the primary elections for 1970 and thereafter.