Referred to Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics
SUMMARY--Proposes to amend Nevada constitution to require that Governor and Lieutenant Governor be affiliated with same political party and be elected jointly. (BDR C-1122)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION--Proposing to amend the constitution of the State of Nevada to require that the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor be affiliated with the same political party and be elected jointly.
Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, Jointly, That sections 2 and 4 of article 5 of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to read respectively as follows:
[Sec:] Sec. 2. The Governor [shall] and Lieutenant Governor must be affiliated with the same political party, if any, and must be elected jointly by the casting by each qualified [electors] elector of a single vote applicable to both offices at the time and places of voting for members of the Legislature . [, and] The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall hold [his] office for [Four Years] four years from the time of [his] their installation, and until [his successor shall be] their successors are qualified.
[Section] Sec. 4. The returns of every election for United States senator and member of Congress, district and state officers, and for and against any questions submitted to the electors of the State of Nevada, voted for at the general election, shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government, directed to the secretary of state, and the chief justice of the supreme court, and the associate justices, or a majority thereof, shall meet at the office of the secretary of state, on a day to be fixed by law, and open and canvass the election returns for United States senator and member of Congress, district and state officers, and for and against any questions submitted to the electors of the State of Nevada, and forthwith declare the result and publish the names of the persons elected and the results of the vote cast upon any question submitted to the electors of the State of Nevada. The persons or, in the case of the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, the team of persons having the highest number of votes for the respective offices shall be declared elected, but in case any two or more persons or teams have an equal and the highest number of votes for the same office, the legislature shall, by joint vote of both houses, elect one of [said persons to fill said office.] the persons or teams to fill the office or offices.