The treasurer acts as registrar for all general obligation bonds and maintains detailed records for such bonds. The state treasurer serves as treasurer of the State Investment Board, the University Trust Fund, and the state retirement funds, and as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, the State Board of Canvassers, the Board of Directors of the Insurance Security Fund, and Depository Selection Board. The territorial treasurer, an office created in 1839, was appointed by the governor, but the state constitution adopted in 1848 made the office and elected partisan position. From 1848 through 1968, the state treasurer was elected to a 2-year term in the November general election. Since 1970, following ratification of a constitutional amendment in April 1967, the state treasurer has been elected to a 4-year term.
State law prescribes the duties of the offices.
State Treasurer Voight currently resides in Appleton. Jack is married and has two daughters. Jack received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. As a Vietnam veteran, Jack was awarded the Bronze Star Medal as a U.S. Army Sergeant from 1969-70. In 1974 Jack founded and owns the Voight Insurance Agency.