Ballotpedia:WikiProject State Executive Officials/Writing guidelines

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This is a project page for writing guidelines relating to state executive official articles.

How to write about state executives
Starting an article (stub)
Blank Example Article
Infobox • Intro sentence See also section External links and references Categories • Templates
General offices:
Intro sentence • Political parties Term limits • Vacancies Feature - elected or appointed Officeholders • See also section External links and references Templates • Categories
State offices:
Infobox • Intro sentence Current officeholder • Authority Qualifications • Elections • Vacancies Duties • Divisions • Compensation Former officeholders Contact information • See also section External links and references Templates • Categories
Officials:
Infobox • Intro sentence Biography • Political career Elections (Issue positions) Campaign contributions See also section External links and references Succession boxes Templates • Categories
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• How to start an article (stubs)
  • Naming the article

Stub

A stub should include the following:

1. Infobox
2. Introductory sentence
3. See also section
4. External links and references
5. Categories
6. Templates
7. Stub template: {{Seo stub}}

Overview office article

Example = Governor. Components, in order:

1. Introductory sentence
2. Political parties
3. Officeholders
4. Term limits
5. Vacancies
6. Feature - elected or appointed
7. See also section
8. External links and references
9. Templates
10. Categories

State office profiles

Example = Governor of Arizona. Components, in order:

1. Infobox
2. Introductory sentence
3. Current officeholder
4. Authority
5. Qualifications
6. Elections
7. Vacancies
8. Duties
9. Divisions
10. Compensation
11. Former officeholders
12. Contact information
13. See also section
14. External links and references
15. Templates
16. Categories

Incumbent profiles

Example = Christine Gregoire. Components, in order:

1. Infobox
2. Introductory sentence
3. Biography
4. Political career
5. Elections
   1. Issue positions
6. Campaign donors
7. See also section
8. External links and references
9. Succession boxes
10. Templates
11. Categories

Candidates

Example = Niki Bird Papazoglakis. Components, in order:

1. Infobox
2. Introductory sentence
3. Biography
4. Elections
   1. Issue positions
5. See also section
6. External links and references
7. Templates
8. Categories

Elections

For specific details about election articles and related writing guidelines, visit Ballotpedia:WikiProject State Executive Officials/Election articles.

For election racetracking methodology, click here.

Start a page

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Notes

Auditors: executive vs. legislative

State offices vary from state to state. In particular, for auditors some states classify the office as a state executive office, while in others they are a legislative office. While both offices are similar in function, a legislative auditor functions primarily under the state legislature.

State executive offices, on the other hand, represent a state's executive branch, charged with implementing and enforcing the laws made by state legislatures. The governor is the chief executive of a state's government, and other executive officers ordinarily report to him or her.

Ballotpedia has identified 20 legislative auditor offices and 38 state executive auditor offices. A total of 7 states have both auditor offices.

For state executive auditors, follow the writing guidelines on THIS page. For state legislative auditors follow the writing guidelines HERE.

States with legislative auditors include:

Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • Colorado • Connecticut • Florida • Idaho • Kansas • Louisiana • Maryland • Minnesota • Montana • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • South Carolina • South Dakota • West Virginia

States with state executive auditors include:

Alabama • Arkansas • California • Delaware • Georgia • Hawaii • Illinois • Indiana - state audtor • Indiana - state examiner • Iowa • Kentucky • Maine • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Missouri • Mississippi • Montana • Nebraska • New Mexico • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming - state auditor • Wyoming - audit director

States with both legislative and state executive auditors:

Alabama • Minnesota • Montana • Pennsylvania • South Carolina • South Dakota • West Virginia