(Des Moines, IA) -- Iowa voters will be asked next year to decide whether future un-elected governors can hand pick their own successors.
State lawmakers have advanced the constitutional amendment to a vote in November, 2024.
This stems from controversy that followed then-Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds' succession to the Governor's Office in 2017.
She was able to hand pick a Lieutenant Governor when she took office, even though it was determined Adam Gregg could not then become governor.
The measure going to voters will make a clear line of succession.
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