Article III.

Elective Franchise

Section 7. Votes to be by ballot

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Votes to be by ballot

All votes shall be given by ballot, except for such township officers as may be authorized by law to be otherwise chosen.

State officers; election, term duties

There shall be elected at each general biennial election a governor, a lieutenant governor, a secretary of state, a state treasurer, a commissioner of the state land office, an auditor general and an attorney general, for the term of two years. They shall keep their offices at the seat of government, superintend them in person and perform such duties as may be prescribed by law. The office of commissioner of the state land office may be abolished by law.

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1850 — Article VII. Section 1

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1850 — Article VII. Section 2

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1850 — Article V. Section 1

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1850 — Article V. Section 3

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1964 — Article II. Section 5

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1964 — Article IV. Section 53

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1964 — Article V. Section 9

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1964 — Article V. Section 21

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Votes by ballot

All votes shall be given by ballot, except for such township officers as may be authorized by law to be otherwise chosen.

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1909 — Article III. Section 7

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1909 — Article VI. Section 1

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Votes by ballot, exception

All votes shall be given by ballot, except in such township officers as may, by law, be directed to be otherwise chosen.

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