Prop 111: Lieutenant Governor

I'm 40% supportive, I encourage a NO vote.

What it does
o Change SOS to Lt. Governor in 2015
o Couple Gov and Lt. Gov vote in election so that both are from same party.

For
o Continuity of government
o Would have prevented several cross-party successions in recent years
o Jan Brewer after Napolitano
o 100% yes on changing the name. It’s the other parts that concern me
o O'Connor house project
o Since 1987 no AZ governor has completed two full terms.
o Only five states don’t have a Lt. Gov.
o Supporters
--Gov. Jan Brewer,
--the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and
--Greater Phoenix Leadership.

Against
o Best candidate for each individual office should be elected to that office.
o How will this impact third parties who may not field viable candidates for both offices?
o By definition, Independent has no party affiliation to satisfy this requirement.
o Will only lead to the reinstatement of a Secretary of State eventually.
o But Jan Brewer was a tremendously welcome change to Napolitano!
o Less desirable LtGov candidate gets in because you can’t split the vote.
o Concerns about being the elections chief and a beneficiary ( But this is also true now, right?)
o We need a better version of this same idea. Either the Gov. candidate picks Lt. Gov or else the top two votegetters for Gov become Gov and Lt. Gov candidates.

Questions
o Why not make it the way Presidential elections work?
o How does it work in other states?
--About half the states do it as a team, half do it individually.