Prop 131

PROPOSITION 131

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION BY THE LEGISLATURE
RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIAL TITLE
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA; AMENDING
ARTICLE V, SECTION 1, CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA, AS AMENDED BY
PROPOSITION 100, ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 3, 1992; AMENDING ARTICLE V,
SECTIONS 6 AND 9, CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA; RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT.
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WOULD CREATE A NEW EXECUTIVE
OFFICER WHO WOULD BE ELECTED ON A JOINT TICKET WITH THE GOVENOR
AND SUCCEED TO THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR IN THE EVENT OF THE
GOVERNOR’S DEATH, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE, OR DISABILITY TO DISCHARGE
THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

A “YES” vote shall have the effect of amending the constitution to
create the office of Lieutenant Governor beginning with the 2026
election; requiring that a nominee for Governor name a nominee for
Lieutenant Governor to be jointly elected; replacing the Secretary of
State with the Lieutenant Governor as first in the line of succession to
the office of Governor; and provide that the Secretary of State, State
Treasurer, Attorney General, and Superintendent of Public Instruction
may succeed to the office of Governor regardless of whether they were
elected.

A “NO” vote shall have the effect of retaining the current executive
branch and existing law on executive succession.