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==Powers and qualifications== Similar to the [[U.S. president]], the governor has [[veto]] power over bills passed by the [[Minnesota State Legislature]]. As in most states, but unlike the U.S. president, the governor can also make [[line-item veto]]es, where specific provisions in bills can be stripped out while allowing the overall bill to be signed into law. The governor of Minnesota must be 25 years old upon assuming office, and must have been a Minnesota resident for one year before the election. Since a 1958 amendment{{efn|effective in 1962<ref>{{cite web |title=1957 Session Laws |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/1957/0/Session+Law/Chapter/813/pdf/ |website=Office of the Revisor of Statutes |access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref>}} to the [[Minnesota Constitution]], governors are elected to four-year terms, with [[term limits in the United States|no limits]] on the number of terms they may serve.<ref>{{cite web| title = The Green Papers: Minnesota 2006 Midterm Election| publisher = Richard E. Berg-Andersson, Research and Commentary| url = http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G06/MN.phtml| access-date =2008-09-05}}</ref>
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