Editing Tennessee General Assembly (section)

===Appointments===
According to the state constitution, three positions in state government collectively referred to as the "Constitutional Officers" — the [[Tennessee Secretary of State|secretary of state]], [[Tennessee State Treasurer|state treasurer]], and the [[Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury|Comptroller of the Treasury]] — are selected by the General Assembly in [[joint session]], where each member of the General Assembly is afforded a single vote. Each office is awarded to the first candidate to receive a majority of the votes (67 of 132).

The General Assembly selects the seven members of the State Election Commission. It selects four members from the majority party (the one controlling the majority of the 132 total seats) and three members from the minority party.