Governor of Colorado

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The Governor of the State of Colorado is the chief executive of the U.S. State of Colorado and the nominal commander-in-chief of the Colorado National Guard.

The current governor is Bill Ritter, who took office on January 9, 2007.

1 Qualifications
2 Powers and Responsibilities
3 Succession
4 Term of office
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Qualifications

To serve as Governor, one must be at least 30 years old, be a citizen of the United States, and have been a resident of the state for at least two years prior to election.

[edit] Powers and Responsibilities

The Governor is responsible for executing Colorado's laws and has the power to veto bills passed by the legislature, and to grant pardons in all cases except treason and impeachment.

[edit] Succession

In the circumstance that the office is vacant through death, resignation, removal, or other disability, the Lieutenant Governor of Colorado takes the oath of office and becomes, rather than acts, as Governor. If both the Governor and lieutenant governor are incapacitated, the line of succession moves down through the senior members of the state senate and state house of representatives of the same party as the governor. In this case, too, the replacement actually becomes Governor rather than acting in the office.

[edit] Term of office

Governors and Lieutenant Governors are elected to four-year terms, to commence on the second Tuesday in January, and are limited to two terms.

Until 1967, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor were elected on separate tickets for two-year terms. This was increased to four years in 1967, and in 1986 the constitution was amended to elect the two offices on the same ticket. The term limit was added to the constitution in 1991.

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