It's also doubly restrictive; as the Lt.Gov has to be from the Assembly, so therefore the the person running the election has to be from the Assembly. Which means you only have 3 people to chose from
It would still be possible for the Lt.Gov to be appointed as Elections Administrator if the Governor so wishes, but this amendment basically gives much more flexibility to how we run our elections.
I have a few problems with all this about the Lt. Gov. Situation. I don’t think an appointed Lt. Gov. should also be appointed to the position like they are now, instead it should be the duty of an assembly member or a completely different person outside of the gubernatorial administration. Not sure if there’d be an election for the position included or just a wider field of candidates for the governor to chose from, but I just wouldn’t have both offices, possibly also including an assembly seat, being controlled by one person.
I largely agree; one of the reforms I thought about would be getting rid of the position, or having tickets. It's just a problem because people won't want to run to be Lt.Gov if you're only role is to hope the Governor resigns, or goes inactive.
Basically there are very few people in the game who don't hold office, but are reliably online. I assume that's why Lt.Gov was tied to the Assembly; as people in the Assembly are generally going to be active, where as whoever was begged to run to be Lt.Gov may not be active.
That's why I wanted to create the Election Administrator position; to ensure that someone who is reliable could get the position