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section 4.10 of the proposed draft for a governor and lieu-l
tenant governor to be elected for a two year period. If '
this should occur, their term would be this two year periodL
When an individual succeeds to the office of governor
or lieutenant governor without having been elected pursuant:
to section 4.10 of the draft, it is the intent of the ;
conunittee that his term shall be considered to be the term j
of his elected predecessor, j
Section 4.05, Election of Governor and Lieutenant.
Governor: -
This section provides for the popular election j
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of the governor and lieutenant governor by the qualified '
voters of the State. It combines, in substance. Article ;
; 11, sections 2, 3, and 4 of the present Constitution, but
omits the detailed provisions dealing with the date of
election, qualifications of voters and canvassing of returns'.
One of the changes made by this section is to
: fix the date on which the governor takes office as the first
Wednesday in January (or the first Thursday in January if
: the first Wednesday is New Year's Day). The Committee
arrived at this date by attempting to approximate the