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MO SJR24
Joint Resolution
Status
Introduced
1/4/2012
Primary Sponsor
Jason Crowell
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AI Summary
- Repeals and replaces Section 17 of Article IV of the Missouri Constitution to require governor and lieutenant governor candidates to be nominated and elected jointly beginning in 2016
- Mandates a single vote be cast for a governor-lieutenant governor ticket, with joint nomination through petition or convention
- Maintains four-year terms for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, and attorney general at presidential elections
- Limits governors and state treasurers to a maximum of two elected terms, with additional restrictions on holding office if more than two years of a term was served
- Preserves the two-year state auditor term established in 1948, with successors elected for four-year terms
Legislative Description
Requires the joint election of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor beginning in the year 2016
Last Action
Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
1/23/2012
Committee Referrals
Financial And Governmental Organizations And Elections1/5/2012
Full Bill Text
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