The forms themselves are easy, even trivial to fill out. However, the Secretaries of State generally do not have the resources to fully modernize their filing systems to handle web-based submissions.
Also, in many cases (i.e., California), the SOS's are barred by statute from accepting non-physical business filings for new entities.
interesting. thanks for insight. so both of those still fallback to a case of lacking willpower and political inertia
this area feels like one of those cases where if we could start with a blank slate, from scratch, and design it "right, from the start", this problem would go away. actually a lot of government and banking feels that way. much of it is an echo/zombie from an era without computers, without the Internet, without telecomm, etc. they just shamble on and very slowly and incrementally incorporate the state-of-the-art, usually only in little pockets and niches.
Also, in many cases (i.e., California), the SOS's are barred by statute from accepting non-physical business filings for new entities.