Sec. 2. Governor and Lieutenant Govern; election, term, and qualifications.
(1) Election and term. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be elected by the qualified
voters of the State in 1972 and every four years thereafter, at the same time and places as
members of the General Assembly are elected. Their term of office shall be four years and shall
commence on the first day of January next after their election and continue until their successors
are elected and qualified.
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(2) Qualifications. No person shall be eligible for election to the office of Governor or
Lieutenant Governor unless, at the time of his election, he shall have attained the age of 30 years
and shall have been a citizen of the United States for five years and a resident of this State for
two years immediately preceding his election. No person elected to either of these two offices
shall be eligible for election to the next succeeding term of the same office.
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