On May 16, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed HB 2538. It eliminates special U.S. Senate elections if the seat becomes vacant in the middle of an election year. Instead, in such circumstances, the gubernatorial appointee would serve two and one-half years instead of just one-half year.
The bill does not have an urgency clause, so can’t take effect this year. Republicans tried to attach an urgency clause but that takes a two-thirds vote in each house of the legislature, so Democrats blocked the urgency clause.
Not to sound morbid… but where does this leave the state in the event that John McCain were to pass away or resign? Would a special election occur if that happens before the filing deadline (May 30th)? Would a special election occur if that happens after the filing deadline, but before the primary (August 28th)? If it were to occur after the primary but before generation?
Abolish the super-dangerous minority rule gerrymander USA Senate — with its many blowhard hacks from small below average States.
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