4/24/17 Group Watch: Senators Propose Changing Lt. Gov. Role
A dozen Republican state senators are signed on as supporters of a proposal to change the Alabama Constitution so that the governor and lieutenant governor would run on the same ticket and serve as a team, like the president and vice president. The proposal, if approved by the legislature, would require approval by voters and would remove the lieutenant governor’s role as president of the state Senate. Senator Gerald Dial said the state would benefit by having a lieutenant governor who could work on behalf of the governor and stand in for the governor on initiatives like recruiting industries. Under the proposed amendment, the Senate would elect a president from its members, like the House elects a speaker.
