Constitutional Amendment Question On Hoosier Ballots

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There’s a question that will be on every Hoosier’s ballot this fall in the Indiana election that you may not know about.

It is a yes/no question that asks voters if they want to amend the Indiana Constitution to revise the list of elected state officials who could succeed the governor.

The proposed amendment revises Article 5, Section 10, which outlines the process for succession if the sitting governor resigns, dies or becomes incapacitated. Namely, the lieutenant governor would be elevated to governor, but if the second-in-command also cannot fulfill the duties of the top office, then the Indiana General Assembly would have to convene within 48 hours to elect a governor from the same political party as the immediate past governor.

Indiana State Rep. J.D. Prescott stopped by the Kendall and Casey Show to educate the public on this constitutional amendment.