====== N.D. Const. art. V, § 3 — Research ======

**Election of governor and lieutenant governor.** Text of the section: [[.:start|current and prior versions]].

Every citing reference in the corpus: **6** court opinions and **3** Attorney General opinions. Counts include the section's pre-1981 designation (§ 73), era-gated by the renumbering crosswalk.

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== Eligibility and residency of candidates for governor ==

  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2019-L-07.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2019-L-07 (2019)]]
  * State ex rel. Graham v. Hall, Secretary of State, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3933138/state-ex-rel-graham-v-hall-ex-rel-state/|1944 ND 30]] (1944, Morris, J.)  ·  construes
    * //“…%%rutz as a candidate for governor, in his brief he states specifically: 'It is to be noted that the Legislature used unequivocal language in the statute: 'shall not be eligible as a candidate * * *' If the Legislature set out purposely to have a collision with Section 73 of the constitution and other constitutional provisions fixing the [*430] qualifications of constitutional officers, they could not have done a better job of it; consequently, this Court should state in plain language t%%…”//
  * State ex rel. Sathre, Atty. Gen., v. Moodie, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3933450/state-ex-rel-sathre-v-moodie/|1935 ND 5]] (1935, Burke, J.)
  * State ex rel. Sathre, Atty. Gen., v. Byrne, Secretary of State, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3935394/state-ex-rel-sathre-v-byrne/|1934 ND 92]] (1934, Burr, J.)

== Joint ballot for governor and lieutenant governor ==

  * Sorum v. Dalrymple, et al., [[https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/opinions/3463|2014 ND 233]] (2014, Sandstrom, J.)  ·  construes
    * //¶ 12: “…%%The opinion noted the North Dakota Constitution requires candidates for governor and lieutenant governor to be listed together and to be elected on a joint ballot. N.D. Att'y Gen. Op. 2012-L-07, 4 (citing N.D. Const. art. V, § 3). In *Riemers,* we stated, "The Attorney General's interpretation of the mandatory constitutional requirement of N.D. Const. art. V, § 3 is persuasive, and the Secretary of State correctly applied that opinion." 2013%%…”//
  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2012-L-07.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2012-L-07 (2012)]]

== Succession and devolution of the governor's powers ==

  * State ex rel. Olson v. Langer, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3933740/state-ex-rel-olson-v-langer/|1934 ND 67]] (1934, Burke, J.)

== Other applications ==

  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/80-93.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 80-93 (1980)]]
  * State ex rel. Agnew v. Schneider, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2072705/state-ex-rel-agnew-v-schneider/|1977 ND 50]] (1977, Sand, J.)

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