CONST 0005-0002 ANNOTATIONS

Chief election officer, see §11-2.

Functions, generally, see §26-1.

It may be impermissible for legislature to require elected officials to resign before running for lieutenant governor. Att. Gen. Op. 75-22.

Political parties must run candidates for both the office of the governor and office of lieutenant governor. Att. Gen. Op. 78-3.

Section requires that partisan candidate for governor seek nomination paired with a candidate for lieutenant governor of same political party. 81 H. 230, 915 P.2d 704.

Section 26-2 provides order of succession that applies only after respective officers have properly been elected to public office; it does not relieve prospective candidate from compliance with this section during the qualification and nomination process. 81 H. 230, 915 P.2d 704.