Thank you.

On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 9:19 AM Alyson Taylor-White <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Thanks for this!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> Alyson L. Taylor-White
> (804) 920-2783
>
>
> > On Feb 6, 2019, at 8:42 AM, Dinan, John <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Someone assuming the office of governor mid-term could run for and serve
> > another full term as governor, despite the constitutional ban on a
> governor
> > serving consecutive terms.  The relevant language is found in art. V,
> sec.
> > 1, and states that the governor "shall be ineligible to the same office
> for
> > the term next succeeding that for which he was elected, and to any other
> > office during his term of service."
> >
> >
> > https://law.lis.virginia.gov/constitution/article5/section1/
> >
> > John Dinan
> > Wake Forest University
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 8:01 AM Frank Murray <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> This makes sense as the Att. General was voted on by a statewide
> >> vote....BUT...would their length of service or any other factors
> preclude
> >> them from running for Governor on their own after their “ fill-in” term
> was
> >> complete?
> >> ...
> >> On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 9:59 AM Alyson Taylor-White <
> [log in to unmask]
> >>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks- the state AG is what I guessed, but a colleague argued it was
> the
> >>> Speaker of the House.
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>> Alyson L. Taylor-White
> >>> (804) 920-2783
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Feb 5, 2019, at 9:44 AM, Dinan, John <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> The order of succession is set out in art. V, sec. 16 of the Virginia
> >>>> Constitution,
> >>>> https://law.justia.com/constitution/virginia/constitution.html#5S16
> >>>>
> >>>> The relevant language of this section, for purposes of this question,
> >> is
> >>> as
> >>>> follows:
> >>>>
> >>>> In the case of the removal of the Governor from office or in the case
> >> of
> >>>> his disqualification, death, or resignation, the Lieutenant Governor
> >>> shall
> >>>> become Governor.
> >>>>
> >>>> If a vacancy exists in the office of Lieutenant Governor when the
> >>>> Lieutenant Governor is to succeed to the office of Governor or to
> serve
> >>> as
> >>>> Acting Governor, the Attorney General, if he is eligible to serve as
> >>>> Governor, shall succeed to the office of Governor for the unexpired
> >> term
> >>> or
> >>>> serve as Acting Governor. If the Attorney General is ineligible to
> >> serve
> >>> as
> >>>> Governor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, if he is eligible to
> >>> serve
> >>>> as Governor, shall succeed to the office of Governor for the unexpired
> >>> term
> >>>> or serve as Acting Governor. If a vacancy exists in the office of the
> >>>> Speaker of the House of Delegates or if the Speaker of the House of
> >>>> Delegates is ineligible to serve as Governor, the House of Delegates
> >>> shall
> >>>> convene and fill the vacancy.
> >>>> John Dinan
> >>>> Wake Forest University
> >>>> [log in to unmask]
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 9:33 AM Alyson Taylor-White <
> >>> [log in to unmask]>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Does anyone know the leadership order in Virginia state government
> >> after
> >>>>> the Governor and Lieutenant Governor?  Is it Speaker of the House of
> >>>>> Delegates?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>>> Alyson L. Taylor-White
> >>>>> (804) 920-2783
> >>>>>
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