Voters approve removing State Superintendent from line of succession

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Two days after Election Day, Indiana voters now have the results of the lone amendment on this cycle's ballot.

With 88 percent of precincts reporting, Hoosier have officially voted in favor or the measure which will now remove the Superintendent of Public Instruction from the Gubernatorial Line of Succession. 

Votes:

• For: 1,361,921 (55 percent)
• Against: 1,105,121 (45 percent)

"As of 2024, if the governor becomes incapacitated, then the lieutenant governor of Indiana becomes acting-governor until his or her recovery," Indiana General Assembly House Resolution 3 states.

"If the governor resigns, dies, or is impeached, tried, and convicted, then the lieutenant governor becomes governor. If the governor and lieutenant governor both vacate their offices, the state legislature must meet within 48 hours and elect an acting governor, who must belong to the same party as the previous governor, by a simple majority in each chamber."

Until then, the acting governor and acting lieutenant governor were, in order of succession:

• 1: the President Pro Tem of the Senate;
• 2: the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
• 3: the State Treasurer;
• 4: the State Auditor;
• 5: the Secretary of State; and
• 6: the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.