Three States Have Upcoming Statewide Runoff Elections, All on Different Dates

Georgia will hold a runoff on December 4, Tuesday, for Secretary of State, and one Public Service Commission seat. This is because no one got 50% on November 6 for those two offices.

Louisiana will hold a runoff on December 8, Saturday, for Secretary of State, for the same reason. Normally this office would not have been up in an even year, but this is a special election to fill a vacancy.

Mississippi will hold a runoff on November 27, Tuesday, for U.S. Senate, short term. No one got a majority on November 6. Because this is a special election, instead of a regular election, it is a non-partisan election, without party nominees.


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Three States Have Upcoming Statewide Runoff Elections, All on Different Dates — 26 Comments

  1. The MS USA Senate election is UNCONSTITUTIONAL —
    violates *the ELection* day in a USA LAW.

    Mere 4 *elections* for same office in some MORON States —

    primary
    runoff primary
    general
    runoff general


    NO primaries
    ONE election DAY.
    PR and AppV

  2. How many folks are moving around and voting in multiple elections in multiple States — 2/4/6 year cycles ???

    One more reason for —

    Uniform definition of Elector-Voter in ALL of the USA

    ONE election day per year.

    PR and AppV

  3. @DR,

    That is false.

    Thad Cochran’s term runs until January 2021. 2 USC 1 only applies to regular elections. 2 USC 8 gives specific authority to set the time of an election to fill a vacancy, whether such vacancy is caused by failure to elect, death, resignation, or incapacity.

  4. How many $$$ TRILLIONS would be spent by ALL regimes on Mother Earth [for bribes and threats] in the MS runoff general election if CONTROL of the USA Senate was involved — ????

    Does the ENTIRE election law have to put into the USA Const —

    to END the nonstop machinations by the ANTI-Democracy gerrymander HACKS always rigging elections ???


    ONE election DAY.

  5. 2013 Mississippi Code
    Title 23 – ELECTIONS
    Chapter 15 – MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE
    Article 25 – VACANCIES IN OFFICE
    § 23-15-855 – Elections to fill vacancies in office of U.S. Senator; interim appointments by Governor

    Universal Citation: MS Code § 23-15-855 (2013)

    (1) If a vacancy shall occur in the office of United States Senator from Mississippi by death, resignation or otherwise, the Governor shall, within ten (10) days after receiving official notice of such vacancy, issue his proclamation for an election to be held in the state to elect a Senator to fill such unexpired term as may remain, provided the unexpired term is more than twelve (12) months and the election shall be held within ninety (90) days from the time the proclamation is issued and the returns of such election shall be certified to the Governor in the manner set out above for regular elections, unless the vacancy shall occur in a year that there shall be held a general state or congressional election, in which event the Governor’s proclamation shall designate the general election day as the time for electing a Senator, and the vacancy shall be filled by appointment as hereinafter provided.

    (2) In case of a vacancy in the office of United States Senator, the Governor may appoint a Senator to fill such vacancy temporarily, and if the United States Senate be in session at the time the vacancy occurs the Governor shall appoint a Senator within ten (10) days after receiving official notice thereof, and the Senator so appointed shall serve until his successor is elected and commissioned as provided for in subsection (1) of this section, provided that such unexpired term as he may be appointed to fill shall be for a longer time than one (1) year, but if for a shorter time than one (1) year he shall serve for the full time of the unexpired term and no special election shall be called by the Governor but his successor shall be elected at the regular election.

    Another case for SCOTUS or the Jan 2019 USA Senate HACKS acting as a HACK Court of Election Results ???

  6. @DR, Thad Cochran resigned in April, with 33 months remaining on his term. 33 is more than 12. The vacancy occurred in the year of a regular congressional elections, so the special election was set for General election day (November 6, 2018). Missippi requires a majority for special elections, with the runoff occurring 21 days after the special election (November 27, 2018)

  7. One more giant reason to —

    ABOLISH the USA minority rule Senate with its HACK / SPECIAL LOOPHOLE machinations —

    esp for ANY type of *special election* in December in the N. Hemisphere.

    The USA gerrymander Congress is basically USELESS.

    ALL BASIC election stuff MUST be in Constitutions — to STOP the EVIL rotted HACKS from Hell.

    The USA Senate has been the Prez tool to destroy the States even more via treaties with statist control freak foreign regimes

    — on top of destroying the States via SCOTUS perversions of the powers of the USA regime.

  8. Will Judge JR detect the TRUE partisan HACKS in the so-called *nonpartisan* *special* election in December 2018 for USA Senator ???

    How many billions in PARTISAN TV attack ads in such *nonpartisan* special election ???

  9. Correction — on Nov 27, 2018 – not in Dec 2018 — for the MS gerrymander USA Senator seat.

    — semi-permanent gerrymander areas for USA Senators —

    pending more CRISIS stuff —

    like 1820 MO CRISIS and 1863 WV fraud/force CRISIS in Civil WAR I.

    How much CRISIS stuff in how many States in Nov 2018 ???
    — GA, FL, VA, NC, TX, CA, etc.

    USA NOW — one more 1789 France type super timebomb ??? Duh.

  10. Nov 27 joke —

    Will the MS Senator HACK winner create a *NONPARTISAN* caucus in the USA Senate ???

    — perhaps in a dumpster in the Capitol Bldg — full of those EVIL *partisan* hack bills ???

    How many TONS of JUNK bills in the Congress dumpsters — classified or unclassified mere junk ???

  11. @DR,

    Congress should require vacancies to be filled at an election held on a Saturday held within 35 days, with no party nominations, with a runoff 21 days later if there is no majority.

  12. https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102379

    2019 USA gerrymander Congress HR 1 — ALL election stuff all the time —

    perhaps even more than 100,000 page bill ???

    More RED communist *reforms/controls* ???

    How will it get past a Trump veto ???


    Expect ZERO in the bill about PR and APPV – pending Condorcet.

  13. @DR,

    Are you suggesting repealing the 17th Amendment?

    How about filling vacancies by legislative appointment?

  14. ALL SORTS OF SUPER- DANGEROUS STUFF IN LATE DARK AGE REGIMES – 1776 ONWARDS –

    MINORITY RULE LEGIS GERRYMANDERS

    SECOND LEGIS HOUSES — IE ABOLISH THE EVIL/VICIOUS MINORITY RULE USA SENATE.

    APPOINTED JUDGES

    EXEC VETOES

    LATER- ALL PRIMARIES

    RESULT — MAJOR PARALYSIS — TIMEBOMB EXTREMIST TOP HACK EXECS —

    SEE 2016 USA PREZ ELECTION [H. CLINTON VS. D TRUMP] AND MANY OTHER REGIMES.

    ABOUT ZERO LEARNED FROM MAJOR/TOTAL CHAOS IN VARIOUS REGIMES SINCE 1789.

    SUPREME COURTS TO FILL JUDIC VACANCIES.

    FILLING VACANCIES BY LEGIS BODIES — LAST RESORT BACKUP.

    PR AND APPV
    TOTAL SOP

  15. @DR,

    I like Hasen’s idea to make federal elections more uniform.

    1. Have a separate election day for federal elections. Since it would be difficult to move state elections from TFTATFMIN, federal election day would be the first Saturday in December.

    2. States may appoint presidential electors on that day if they conform to federal guidelines.

    3. Paper ballots, one per office. English only. Candidate names only in Latin script. No party labels, no write-ins. Since personal names don’t translate, the only specifically English text would be the office names, which persons with even minimal English competency would be able to navigate.

    4. Instructional videos would be available in a babel of languages.

    5. Voting in person on election day. Ballots would be hand counted at the precinct before being transported to central tabulation area.

    6. For those unable to vote in person, election judges will travel to them.

    7. Federal voting centers will be established overseas at consulates, military bases, and other concentrations of US citizens. A voter will be able to vote with the correct ballot based on their state of residence. Ballots can be printed on demand.

    8. Federal voting centers will also be established throughout the United States to permit voting by persons out of state on election day. Perhaps one center per 100,000 persons.

    9. Voters will use their federal ID catd. When they update their address, they will automatically be transferred to their new state. Voter’s thumb will be dipped in ink.

    10. Individual candidates will qualify based on demonstration of support. 0.1% of votes cast in preceding four senatorial elections, for senator. For congressional elections, the senatorial number divided by the number of districts.

    Supporters will appear at courthouses, etc. And be counted. If more than 10 candidates qualify, then there will be a secondary qualification period, to determine the Top 10 supported candidates.

    11. Election will require a majority, with a runoff if necessary.

    12. Congressional districts will be drawn based on citizens of voting age population. Use of race or political affiliation will be barred, emphasis will be placed on maintaining political subdivisions. Equality will be based on a good faith effort. Being within 5% of a quota does not provide a presumption of a good faith effort.

    Proposed plans will be voted on by a large sample of the population.

    Since Federal IDs are continuosly updated, it will be possible to update districts when inequality is too grest. Districts will also be redrawn if the number of districts changes as a result of the census.

    13. Presidential elector appointments will be based on electoral districts, which will be drawn in the same manner as congressional districts.

  16. 1. ONE Election Day
    2. Uniform definition of Elector – 18 plus, USA Citizen, register 28 days before Election Day
    3. ALL paper mail secret ballots
    4. Equal ballot access – nominating petitions/fees
    5. PR legis
    6. AppV – exec/judic
    7. Recalls- ALL offices

    8. LIFE in JAIL for election law violations — esp. for party HACKS.
    9. DEATH PENALTY in public for intentional false election results = Election TREASON.

  17. CL — OK —

    A. [AMEND 1 above] Multiple election days per year

    — due to bedsheet ballots in urban areas esp.

    — too many local judges and local questions.

    — vote scanners get too HOOOOTTTT and wreck – aka worked to death.

    B. [AMEND 9 above] Mere 200 years in jail for intentional false votes or false election results = Election TREASON

    — Doooom for ballot box stuffers, actual paper and electronic.

    ALL election law convicts wear an outer Tee-Shirt always

    — I am an ENEMY of the PEOPLE and DEMOCRACY
    — worse than baby killers.

    MAJOR $$$ rewards for legal convictions — hacks can *rat* on each other.

    Add — 10. TOTAL Separation of Powers – TOTSOP

    —-
    It appears that if all posts are copied, then each is numbered in order.
    Obviously might help if post number appeared at start of post in BAN post program.

  18. CL-

    The USA has been an ANTI-Democracy minority rule OLIGARCHY with a very strong trend towards absolute monarchy (in the person of a USA minority rule gerrymander Prez) and LAWLESS TYRANNY.

    — ie the EVIL rotted Brits infected the Brit-Am colonies in the 1600s with ANTI-Democracy gerrymander systems [copied from the Brit House of Commons in late 1200s]

    FIRST gerrymander — 1618 VA House of Reps — one result — 1619 FIRST black slaves into VA

    — carried into the States in 1776-1786

    — carried into the 1787 USA Const. — 3 ELECTION SYSTEMS.

    1/2 or less votes x 1/2 rigged gerrymander AREAS = 1/4 CONTROL = oligarchy.

    ***SOME*** ***Democracy*** —

    ONLY when voters in States vote on ballot issues [rigged as they are)

    for some at large legislative bodies — smaller local govts — small townships [but no minority representation]

    for various exec/judic officers — who have monarch thinking — due to the above oligarch legis bodies

    — esp 5 of 9 SCOTUS HACKS being a lawless SUPER-Legislature.

    BUT – various oligarch nomination machinations – esp plurality — in both top 2 primaries and regular plurality primaries.


    Very roughly — UNDER 1 pct *democratic* — OVER 99 pct oligarchic/monarchic.

    It shows – Genocide of American Indians to 1890, black slavery to 1865, all sorts of domestic oppressions — social-economic, UN-declared wars, since 1929- insane annual govt deficits and super-insane accumulated govt debts, urban sprawl — destruction of eco-system, etc.

    NO primaries

    PR and AppV

  19. The Dec 2018 CA final math will be example A-1 of gerrymander oligarchy math — even worse in 2020.

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