462 ADDRESSES AND STATE PAPERS

The two-consecutive-term limitation on holding the office of Gov-
ernor is desirable because it mandates the development of new talent
by the political Party.

Section 4. 04 Lieutenant Governor

It is most important that the draft requirement of equivalent quali-
fications for Lieutenant Governor and Governor be retained, since
the Lieutenant Governor would succeed to the office of Governor
should it become vacant. I also subscribe to the prohibition against a
Governor who has had two consecutive terms, immediately thereafter
holding the office of Lieutenant Governor because of the clanger that
two strong political figures could play "Alphonse and Gaston" with
these offices.

Section 4. 05 Election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor

It is worth noting that at no point in this section is reference made
as to whom should elect the Governor. While this omission is no doubt
predicated upon the presumption that the election of a Governor
is so obviously the right of all eligible voters throughout the State, I
believe belaboring the obvious is in this instance warranted and that
a specific stipulation should be written into Section 4, 05.

Therefore, the first sentence of Section 4. 05 should be amended to
read, "The Governor shall be elected to serve for a term of four years
.... by those voters qualified to vote in State elections. " You will
note that I have avoided saying simply "by the qualified voters of
the State" because of the possible confusion in interpreting this sec-
tion with Section 2. 02 which qualifies certain State residents to vote
for President and Vice President of the United States, or Presidential
electors.

The mandate for single entry or joint election of the Governor and
Lieutenant Governor is at once practical and wise. This will enable
the gubernatorial candidate to designate a running mate in whom
he has complete confidence and who has compatible views so that
there will be no policy conflict. In this way the citizens of Maryland
are assured that, should the Governor they elect die or become unable
to complete his full term of office, the philosophy and policies which
they endorsed through their vote will be continued.

After considerable thought I have reached the conclusion that Sec-
tion 4. 05 should provide for the single entry election of the Governor
and Lieutenant Governor in the Primary as well as the General Elec-
tion. There is a temptation to allow consolidation and fence-mending
by not extending this requirement to the Primaries. It may be argued