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for governor and lieutenant governor shall run as a team
in the general election, that each voter shall cast but a
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single vote for the team, and that such vote shall be a
vote for both candidates on the team. This would adopt the
same practice followed in six other States and the system
traditionally employed for the election of President and
Vice President of the United States.
The committee feels that since, under section 4.03
of the draft, the lieutenant governor is to be the governorj's
assistant, .it is desirable to assure that both candidates
will be of the same political party. Consideration was
also given as to whether a similar requirement should be
constitutionally mandated for the party primaries, but
it was felt that such a requirement would render the parties'
nominating procedures too inflexible.
For example, the General Assembly may wish to
have only the candidates for governor nominated in the party
primaries, but have candidates for lieutenant governor
nominated in conventions following the party primaries.
Section 4.06, Failure of Governor to Take Office:
Sections 4.06 through 4.11 deal with the relatedj