Napolitano: Transfer of Powers' Provision Is Outdated

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Gov. Janet Napolitano says the Arizona Constitution's "anachronistic" provision that says she loses her gubernatorial authority when absent from the state is the law as written but that reality is another matter.

A provision in the state Constitution that dates from statehood nearly a century ago says a governor's powers go to the secretary of state when the governor is absent from the state. Arizona does not have a lieutenant governor.

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Napolitano: Transfer of Powers' Provision Is Outdated

Citing improved communications now available, senior Napolitano aides have said over t...

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