1 Use your thesis to help you organise the rest of your paper. 2  Write a list of topic sentences, and make sure that they show how the material in each paragraph is related to your thesis. 3  Eliminate material that is not related to your thesis and topic sentences.
The Michigan Department of State is administered by the Secretary of State, who is elected on a partisan ballot for a term of four years in gubernatorial elections.
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth (secretary of state) is the principal public information officer of the state government of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The Secretary of the Commonwealth oversees the Corporations Division, the Elections Division, the Massachusetts Archives, the Massachusetts Historical Commission, the Public Records Division, the Securities Division, and the State Records Center.