Georgia Legislative Watch

News broke today that Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) would like for some state constitutional officers to be appointed:

Gov. Sonny Perdue is proposing that four state constitutional officers now elected by the public should instead be appointed by the governor.

The four are state school superintendent, agriculture commissioner, labor commissioner and insurance commissioner.

The change would require two-thirds approval in each house of the Legislature, and would have to be ratified by the state’s voters.

The governor elected in 2014 would be the first to appoint people to the four positions. Appointments would require confirmation by the Senate.

The constitutional amendment is in the works already for this. This is one those proposals that you’d have to read the details before going along with it. You also have wonder why he is waiting to do this in his last year in office. Seems odd.