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fill the vacancy in the office of Governor by the election of a candidate
from a slate or list submitted by the political party of the Governor.

This alternative measure for succession is based upon logic which
parallels my opposition to legislative election of a Governor in case
of a tie vote (Section 4. 05). In the case of succession, the arguments
become even more compelling. If a majority of voters felt strongly
about the policies of one gubernatorial candidate, the only means to
continue those policies, on the one hand, or prevent the exercise of
repugnant policies which the electorate had rejected on the other, is
to limit the gubernatorial succession to members of and proposed
by the victorious Governor's party.

Section 4. 12 Messages to the General Assembly

I endorse this passage as it is written in the Draft Constitution.

Section 4. 14 Veto by Governor

On September 29, 1967, I expressed grave reservations over the pro-
visions of Section 6. 05 concerning mandatory appropriations. It is
my contention that no branch or department of State government
should be allowed to submit or transmit a budget exempt from re-
view, reconsideration or revision.

Therefore, while I endorse the mandatory inclusion and transmis-
sion of budgetary requests from the legislative and judicial branches,
I believe the Governor should have the right to exercise line item
veto or reduction over these appropriations. Without this right of
executive review, the public is bereft of safeguards limiting legislative
and judicial expenses.

I firmly oppose any stipulation mandating expenditures for educa-
tion. The exception of executive and legislative control over the edu-
cation budget is inconsistent with the constitutional concept estab-
lishing check and balance among and not within any single branch
of government. In fact, this exception violates that constitutional prin-
ciple in two of our three branches.

Further, education is a part of the executive responsibility and,
while I do not deny its prominence in program priority, its budgetary
provisions should not be excepted any more than those of the depart-
ments responsible for securing our citizens' health and public safety.

Section 4. 15 Item Veto

The inclusion of the authority to reduce as well as veto supple-
mentary appropriations items marks a major improvement over the