Section 2. Election of Officers - Governor and Lieutenant Governor Elected Jointly
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Election of Officers - Governor and Lieutenant Governor Elected Jointly
(1) The officers provided for in Section 1 shall be elected by the qualified voters of the state at the time and place of voting for members of the Legislature. The candidates respectively having the highest number of votes cast for the office voted for shall be elected. If two or more candidates have an equal and the highest number of votes for any one of the offices, the two houses of the Legislature at its next session shall elect by joint ballot one of those candidates for that office.
(2) In the election the names of the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor for each political party shall appear together on the ballot and the votes cast for a candidate for Governor shall be considered as also cast for the candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
Election of Officers - Governor and Lieutenant Governor Elected Jointly
The officers provided for in section one of this article shall be elected by the qualified voters of the state at the time and place of voting for members of the Legislature, and the persons respectively having the highest number of votes cast for the office voted for shall be elected; but if two or more shall have an equal and the highest number of votes for any one of said offices, the two houses of the Legislature, at its next session, shall elect forthwith by joint ballot one of such persons for said office.
In the election, the names of the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor for each political party shall appear together on the ballot, and the votes cast for a candidate for Governor shall be considered as also cast for the candidate for Lieutenant Governor.