The constitution is hereby amended by striking Article I of Part the Second, Chapter II, Section II and replacing it with the following:-
Article I.
There shall be elected a lieutenant governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, whose title shall be, Her Honor, His Honor, or Their Honor and who shall be qualified, in point of [religion, property,] and residence in the commonwealth, in the same manner with the governor: and the day and manner of his election, and the qualifications of the electors, shall be the same as are required in the election of a governor. The return of the votes for this officer, and the declaration of his election, shall be in the same manner: and if no one person shall be found to have [a majority] of all the votes returned, the vacancy shall be filled by the senate and house of representatives, in the same manner as the governor is to be elected, in case no one person shall have [a majority] of the votes of the people to be governor. [See Amendments, Arts. VII, XIV, XXXIV, LXIV and LXXX.]
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