CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
	tained the age of thirty years at the time of
	his election or appointment and shall have
	been a qualified voter in the State for at least
	five years immediately preceding his election
	or appointment. No person elected governor
	shall be eligible thereafter to hold the office
	of lieutenant governor.
	Section 4.05. Election of Governor and	Section 1. , . . [Governor] whose term
	Lieutenant Governor.	of office shall commence on the fourth
	The governor shall be elected by the voters	Wednesday of January next ensuing his
	of the State for a term beginning on the first	election, and continue for four years, and
	Wednesday in January following his election	until his successor shall have qualified; ....
	and ending on the first Wednesday in Janu-
	ary in the fourth year thereafter, and shall	Sec. 2. An election for Governor, under
	serve until a person has qualified to become	this Constitution, shall be held on the
	governor or to serve as acting governor. If	Tuesday next after the first Monday of
	the first Wednesday in January is a legal	November, in the year nineteen hundred
	holiday the term shall begin on the next	and fifty-eight, and on the same day and
	day. In the general election, each candidate	month in every fourth year thereafter, at
	for lieutenant governor shall be listed on the	the places of voting for Delegates to the
	ballot with a candidate for governor, so that	General Assembly; and every person quali-
	a vote cast for governor shall be considered as also cast for the lieutenant governor listed	fied to vote for Delegates, shall be qualified and entitled to vote for Governor; the
	on the ballot with the candidate for gover-	election to be held in the same manner
	nor. The election of a governor shall constitute the election for the same term of the lieutenant governor who was listed on the ballot with him.	as the election of Delegates, and the re- turns thereof, under seal, to be addressed to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and enclosed and transmitted to the Secre-
		tary of State, and delivered to said Speaker,
		at the commencement of the session of the
		General Assembly, next ensuing said elec-
		tion.
		See. 3. The Speaker of the House of
		Delegates shall then open the said Returns,
		in the presence of both Houses; and the
		person having the highest number of votes,
		and being constitutionally eligible, shall be
		the Governor, and shall qualify, in the
		manner herein prescribed, on the fourth
		Wednesday of January next ensuing his
		election, or as soon thereafter as may be
		practicable.
	Gubernatorial Succession
	Section 4.06. Failure of Governor-Elect to
	Take Office.
	If the governor-elect is disqualified, resigns,
	or dies, the lieutenant governor-elect shall
	become governor for the full term. If the
	governor-elect fails to assume office for any
	other reason, the newly elected lieutenant
	governor shall become lieutenant governor
	and shall serve as acting governor until the
	governor-elect assumes office or until the
	office becomes vacant.

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