Section 2. Convention: Membership; Qualifications; Vacancies.--(a) If a majority of the electors voting upon the question shall favor the holding of a constitutional convention with limited powers, a convention shall be called by the Governor. It shall consist of one hundred sixty-three members. Three district delegates shall be elected from each senatorial district, all as hereinafter provided. Each elector in each such district may vote for not more than two candidates for the office of delegate. The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to the office of delegate. In addition, the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Majority Whip of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Whip of the Senate, the Minority Caucus Chairman of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Majority Leader of the House, the Majority Whip of the House, the Minority Leader of the House, the Minority Whip of the House and the Minority Caucus Chairman of the House shall be members ex officio of the convention and shall have the powers of elected delegates.
(b) Delegates shall be at least twenty-one years of age and shall have been citizens and residents of the State for at least four years. Delegates shall have resided in and been a registered elector of their respective senatorial districts one year next before their election, and shall reside in their respective senatorial districts during their terms of service.
(c) In case of a vacancy in the office of delegate occurring after the municipal election, if the member is an ex officio member, the vacancy shall be filled by the person assuming such office; if the member was nominated in accordance with subsection (a) of section 3 of this act, the remaining delegates of that political party shall elect a successor meeting the qualification prescribed in subsection (b) of section 2 of this act, and if the member was nominated in accordance with subsection (b) of section 3 of this act, all the remaining delegates shall elect a successor meeting the qualification prescribed in subsection (b) of section 2 of this act.