Utah Amendment A, Change the Process for Vacancies in Executive Offices Measure (2008)

Utah Amendment A
Election date November 4, 2008
Topic State executive branch structure
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Amendment A was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 4, 2008. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to adjust the process for vacancies in the governor's and lieutenant governor's offices by: providing that the lieutenant governor will be the governor if there is a vacancy in office;  making the senate president the governor if there is a vacancy in both the governor' and lieutenant governor's offices; and establishing a process for determining a disability of the lieutenant governor, among other changes.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to adjust the process for vacancies in the governor's and lieutenant governor's offices.

Election results

Utah Amendment A
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		656,706	75.86%
No		208,985	24.14%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment A was as follows:

“

Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to: modify and clarify how a vacancy in the office of Governor is filled; define when a vacancy occurs in the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; modify the term of office of a person filling a vacancy in the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor; modify and clarify the exercise of the powers of Governor when the Governor is temporarily disabled; modify and clarify how the disability of a Governor is determined; modify how a vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor is filled; and establish a process for determining the disability of a Lieutenant Governor?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Utah Constitution

A two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers vote is required during one legislative session for the Utah State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Utah House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Utah State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

2008 Measures

• 2008 Measures
• State executive branch structure on the ballot
• 2008 legislative sessions

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• Utah ballot measure laws

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External links

• Utah Voter Guide (2008)