Page "Tennessee General Assembly" Paragraph 14

According to the state constitution, three positions in state government collectively referred to as the " Constitutional Officers "— the Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and the Comptroller of the Treasury, who serves many of the functions of an auditor — are selected by the General Assembly in joint convention, where each member of the General Assembly is accorded a single vote and the office is awarded to the first candidate to receive a majority of the votes ( 67 of 132 ).