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Should the Constitution provide for a method
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of succession to the governorship in the event of physical
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or mental incapacity of the Chief Executive?
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Yes, I think it should, but I think that that
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is nailed down in the proposal or suggestion about a lieu-
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tenant governor. I can answer those together.
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I think that the lieutenant governor should be
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elected when the Governor is. I don't think that it is
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necessary to elect a Comptroller. I rather am persuaded
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to the idea that that should be the province of the
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Governor to make that appointmant.
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Once we had to vote on the Clerk of the Court
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of Appeals, and I have never been able to understand the
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wisdom, constitutional wisdom of doing that.
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The virtue in not changing the election of the
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Governor to when there is no election of Federal officials
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is that it is a tax-saving device, and I see no reason to
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change that. In addition to that, it is usual that there
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is a bigger vote in the combined election by people turning
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out and you therefore get a more widespread expression of
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the people in the State.
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