Alabama law says when a special congressional or legislative election is to be held, and only one candidate qualified, the election is cancelled. There will be a special election for State House, 67th district, in April. But the only reason the election is being held is because an independent candidate, Toby Gordon, succeeded in petitioning. Otherwise the only candidate would have been the Democratic Party’s choice, and so no election would have been held. See this story.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
Interesting.
I must say, while I understand that holding these elections takes money, it IS a democracy, and whining about an independent candidate spoiling someone taking office really doesn’t make me like the two party system much better. And of course, I’m talking about the linked article and remarks within; Richard’s post is, of course, fine.