The Secretary of State of California is the state's chief elections officer. The Secretary of State is also responsible for the California State Archives, as well as chartering corporations. The Secretary of State is elected to four year terms, concurrent with the other constitutional officers of California, and is restricted by term limits to only two terms. Kevin Shelley was elected in 2002, but announced his resignation in February of 2005 after several weeks of negative press. His resignation became effective on March 4 of the same year, and Bruce McPherson was selected by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to fill the remainder of the term.