Bill Text: MI HJRWW | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elections; primary; nomination of attorney general and secretary of state; revise. Amends sec. 21, art. V of the state constitution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-03 - Printed Joint Resolution Filed 03/03/2010 [HJRWW Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HJRWW-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION WW

 

March 2, 2010, Introduced by Rep. Meadows and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by amending section 21 of article V, to

 

modify the nomination process for the secretary of state and

 

attorney general.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to modify the nomination process for the

 

secretary of state and attorney general, is proposed, agreed to,

 

and submitted to the people of the state:

 

ARTICLE V

 

     Sec. 21. The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state

 

and attorney general shall be elected for four-year terms at the

 

general election in each alternate even-numbered year.

 

     The lieutenant governor , secretary of state and attorney

 

general shall be nominated by party conventions in a manner

 

prescribed by law. The attorney general and secretary of state

 

shall be nominated at a primary election in a manner prescribed by

 

law. In the general election one vote shall be cast jointly for the

 

candidates for governor and lieutenant governor nominated by the

 

same party.

 

     Vacancies in the office of the secretary of state and attorney

 

general shall be filled by appointment by the governor.

 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.