LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ADAM GREGG IS URGING IOWANS TO VOTE FOR A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO IOWA’S CONSTITUTION.
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REYNOLDS WAS SWORN IN AS GOVERNOR IN MID-2017 AFTER LONG-TIME GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD RESIGNED TO BECOME U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA.
TOM MILLER, WHO WAS IOWA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL AT THE TIME, ISSUED AN OPINION SAYING REYNOLDS — WHO WAS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR — DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY UNDER THE STATE’S CONSTITUTION TO PICK A SUCCESSOR IN MID-2017.
REYNOLDS DISAGREED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S ASSESSMENT AND PICKED GREGG TO TAKE THE ROLE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT MAKES IT CLEAR GOVERNORS HAVE THAT AUTHORITY.
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THE STATE’S LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS USED TO BE ELECTED INDEPENDENTLY, BUT AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN 1988, CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAVE BEEN RUNNING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, JUST LIKE PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS.
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