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IMPEACH GOVERNORS and SECRETARIES OF STATES WHO SIGN OFF ON FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS

 

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This page discusses the provisions and procedures for impeaching an elected Governor in the United States.

 

An impeachment is a trial wherein an elected official is tried by other elected officials, usually of the Legislative branch" for high crimes, misdemeanors, neglect or malfeasance, incompetence, or corruption.

 

In impeaching an officer, the court of impeachment is usually limited to removing the individual from office and forbidding him to hold future offices. However, a successfully impeached officer may also be both civilly and criminally liable for the same crimes that led to the impeachment.

 

In all states except Oregon, a governor may be impeached by the state legislature. In most states, the process is similar to that used for impeachments of presidents at the federal level. If the lower chamber of the state legislature votes in favor of impeachment, then the upper chamber functions as a court of impeachment and votes on whether or not to convict the governor, removing them from office. In Alaska, the upper chamber must first vote to impeach the governor while the lower chamber functions as a court of impeachment and votes on whether or not to convict the governor. In Missouri, impeachments are tried by a specially-convened panel of judges, consisting of seven judges selected by the state Senate, with a vote from five of the seven needed in order to convict. In Nebraska, after the unicameral votes in favor of impeachment, the governor is tried by the Nebraska Supreme Court. Finally, in Oklahoma, an impeached governor is tried before both chambers of the state Legislature in a joint session.[1]

 

In the history of the United States, there are only sixteen cases of a vote being carried out to impeach a governor. Of those, nine led to the impeached governor's removal from office. The National Conference of State Legislatures suggests two potential reasons why gubernatorial impeachments are relatively uncommon; the perception that impeachment is a drastic measure and the likelihood of officers resigning before they can be impeached.