The Governor of the state and all statewide elected officials shall be elected by the people in a general election to be held: on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2023, and on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in every fourth year thereafter. The person receiving a majority of the number of votes cast in the election for these offices shall be declared elected. If no person receives a majority of the votes, then a runoff election shall be held under procedures prescribed by the Legislature in general law.

NOTE: The 2020 amendment to Section 140 of the Constitution was proposed by Chapter 2021, Laws of 2020 (House Concurrent Resolution No 47), and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 2020, was inserted as part of the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on March 29, 2021. The 2020 amendment rewrote the section to remove the requirement that a candidate for governor or statewide elected office receive the most votes in a majority of the state’s House districts (the electoral vote requirement).

SOURCES: 1817 art IV § 2; 1832 art V § 2; 1869 art V § 2; Laws, 1982, ch. 621, eff January 28, 1983; Laws, 2020, ch. 2021, § I, eff March 29, 2021.