Today, we elect governors and can remove them by voting them out of office. But who elects governors then?

Answer 1

If we impeach a governor, usually the lieutenant governor takes over as governor.

Answer 2

but who CHOOSES the governor then?

Answer 3

In effect, the people have already chosen when they elected him/her to the lieutenant governor position.

http://ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/pdf/BySection/Chapter_147/GS_147-11.1.pdf

Some states may deal with this differently, but most are set up like this.

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Answer 5

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