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the legislature to pass such legislation if it wants to, according to a description from John A. Banks Jr., director of the Virginia Division of Legislative Services.
And the amendment would only apply to counties, cities and towns in which the mayor or board chairman is separately elected by the voters.
For example, the amendment would not apply to the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors, because its chairman is picked by its own members and is not elected at large by all the county’s voters.
But the amendment would apply to the Town of Washington, because its voters elect the mayor separately from the rest of the council.
The Virginia Municipal League, which represents localities around the state, is lobbying in favor of the change.
“It makes no sense to exclude what may be your most qualified individuals from taking over the top position in the event of a vacancy,” according to R. Michael Amyx, executive director of the VML.
Also according to the VML, the intent of the constitution was to prohibit persons from holding more than one public office. In Colonial times, it said, persons often held more than one office, concentrating too much power in one person.
But the Constitution, it argues, already prohibits that. The amendment
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