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ARTICLE I EXECUTIVE
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SECTION 1. The Executive Department shall consist of a Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General and Superintendent of
Public Instruction, who shall be chosen by the electors of the State at the time and place of
voting for members of the Legislature, and shall hold their offices for the term of two years
from the second Monday in January, next after the election, and until their successors are
elected and qualified.
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Ratified November 7, 1972
SEC. 1. Executive officers; selection; terms. The constitutional officers of the executive
department shall be the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and attorney
general, who shall have such qualifications as are provided by law. Such officers shall be
chosen by the electors of this state at the time of voting for members of the legislature in
the year 1974 and every four years thereafter, and such officers elected in 1974 and
thereafter shall have terms of four years which shall begin on the second Monday of
January next after their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified. In the
year 1974 and thereafter, at all elections of governor and lieutenant governor the candidates
for such offices shall be nominated and elected jointly in such manner as is prescribed by
law so that a single vote shall be cast for a candidate for governor and a candidate for
lieutenant governor running together, and if such candidates are nominated by petition or
convention each petition signature and each convention vote shall be made for a candidate
for governor and a candidate for lieutenant governor running together. No person may
be elected to more than two successive terms as governor nor to more than two successive
terms as lieutenant governor.
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