On November 13, the Ninth Circuit heard oral argument in Tedards v Ducey, 19-16308, the case over when Arizona must hold an election to fill John McCain’s Senate seat. McCain died in August 2018 and the Arizona government said the next election for that election would be November 2020. Some voters sued, arguing the election needed to be earlier than that. One can hear the 42-minute argument at this link.
Abolish the ANTI-Democracy minority rule USA Senate.
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How many voters vote in 3 or more Senate primaries and general elections by moving around ???
Congress should require a special election to be held within 60 days of the vacancy, no nominations, runoff if necessary.
Candidate/incumbent replacement lists.
NO more *special* vacancy elections.
ALl legislative bodies must be 100 pct full —
to watch exec tyrant hacks esp.
See that TV designated replacement Prez series.
@DR,
Put on your thinking cap. No, not the pointy one!
Your proposal requires a constitutional amendment. My reasonable proposal requires only a statute.
For the senate, a temporary appointment would still be possible.
No Fed law mentioned in I-2-4 for USA Rep vacancies
NO Fed law mentioned in 17 Amdt for Senate vacancies.
Specific prevails over general.
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13-14-15 Amdts happened via the very hard way —
COST- about 400,000 DEAD Union Army/Navy folks – tens of 1,000s more maimed for life.
The USA regime is an EVIL VICIOUS late DARK AGE ANTI-Democracy minority rule gerrymander regime –
USA H Reps, USA EC, USA Senate [worst of 3 rotted gerrymander systems]
— with the Prez hacks appointing Fed judge hacks via the minority rule Senate.
Sorry – NO statutory fixes possible for the TOTAL R-O-T in a DARK AGE Const.
How soon before Trump kills the Donkeys and all non-stooge Elephants in the gerrymander Congress ???
See Hitler 1934 purge – aka Night of the long knives.
See 1936-1939 Stain mass murder purges.
LOTS of KILLERS in top hack positions – esp wanting more and more UN-declared WARS.
@DR,
See I.4.1
Ignores the rest of your foaming
No Fed law mentioned in I-2-4 for USA Rep vacancies.
NO Fed law mentioned in 17 Amdt for Senate vacancies.
Specific prevails over general.
How come NO alleged 1-4-1 vacancy *law* since 1789 ???
Sorry – NO statutory fixes possible for the TOTAL R-O-T in a DARK AGE Const.
@DR,
No federal law mentioned in I.2.1 either.
Are you so ignorant as to believe that I.4.1 does not apply to both I.2.1 and I.2.4 equally?
Only ignorant lawyers can NOT detect that specific prevails over general.
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2 US Code §8. Vacancies
(a) In general
Except as provided in subsection (b), the time for holding elections in any State, District, or Territory for a Representative or Delegate to fill a vacancy, whether such vacancy is caused by a failure to elect at the time prescribed by law, or by the death, resignation, or incapacity of a person elected, may be prescribed by the laws of the several States and Territories respectively.
(b) Special rules in extraordinary circumstances
(1) In general
In extraordinary circumstances, the executive authority of any State in which a vacancy exists in its representation in the House of Representatives shall issue a writ of election to fill such vacancy by special election.
(2) Timing of special election
A special election held under this subsection to fill a vacancy shall take place not later than 49 days after the Speaker of the House of Representatives announces that the vacancy exists, unless, during the 75-day period which begins on the date of the announcement of the vacancy-
(A) a regularly scheduled general election for the office involved is to be held; or
(B) another special election for the office involved is to be held, pursuant to a writ for a special election issued by the chief executive of the State prior to the date of the announcement of the vacancy.
(3) Nominations by parties
If a special election is to be held under this subsection, the determination of the candidates who will run in such election shall be made-
(A) by nominations made not later than 10 days after the Speaker announces that the vacancy exists by the political parties of the State that are authorized by State law to nominate candidates for the election; or
(B) by any other method the State considers appropriate, including holding primary elections, that will ensure that the State will hold the special election within the deadline required under paragraph (2).
(4) Extraordinary circumstances
(A) In general
In this subsection, “extraordinary circumstances” occur when the Speaker of the House of Representatives announces that vacancies in the representation from the States in the House exceed 100.
(B) Judicial review
If any action is brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge an announcement made under subparagraph (A), the following rules shall apply:
(i) Not later than 2 days after the announcement, the action shall be filed in the United States District Court having jurisdiction in the district of the Member of the House of Representatives whose seat has been announced to be vacant and shall be heard by a 3-judge court convened pursuant to section 2284 of title 28.
(ii) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
(iii) A final decision in the action shall be made within 3 days of the filing of such action and shall not be reviewable.
(iv) The executive authority of the State that contains the district of the Member of the House of Representatives whose seat has been announced to be vacant shall have the right to intervene either in support of or opposition to the position of a party to the case regarding the announcement of such vacancy.
(5) Protecting ability of absent military and overseas voters to participate in special elections
(A) Deadline for transmittal of absentee ballots
In conducting a special election held under this subsection to fill a vacancy in its representation, the State shall ensure to the greatest extent practicable (including through the use of electronic means) that absentee ballots for the election are transmitted to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters (as such terms are defined in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act [52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.]) not later than 15 days after the Speaker of the House of Representatives announces that the vacancy exists.
(B) Period for ballot transit time
Notwithstanding the deadlines referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3), in the case of an individual who is an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter (as such terms are defined in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act), a State shall accept and process any otherwise valid ballot or other election material from the voter so long as the ballot or other material is received by the appropriate State election official not later than 45 days after the State transmits the ballot or other material to the voter.
(6) Application to District of Columbia and territories
This subsection shall apply-
(A) to a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress in the same manner as it applies to a Member of the House of Representatives; and
(B) to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands in the same manner as it applies to a State, except that a vacancy in the representation from any such jurisdiction in the House shall not be taken into account by the Speaker in determining whether vacancies in the representation from the States in the House exceed 100 for purposes of paragraph (4)(A).
(7) Rule of construction regarding Federal election laws
Nothing in this subsection may be construed to affect the application to special elections under this subsection of any Federal law governing the administration of elections for Federal office (including any law providing for the enforcement of any such law), including, but not limited to, the following:
(A) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) [now 52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.], as amended.
(B) The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee et seq.) [now 52 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.], as amended.
(C) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.) [now 52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.], as amended.
(D) The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.) [now 52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.], as amended.
(E) The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), as amended.
(F) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), as amended.
(G) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.) [now 52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.], as amended.
(R.S. §26; Pub. L. 109–55, title III, §301, Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 588 .)
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ANY court cases yet about any of those ***extraordinary circumstances*** — ***100*** vacancies obviously totally arbitrary.
Again – both houses of the USA Congress have ANTI-Democracy minority rule gerrymander structures.
The vacancy stuff is a sideshow distraction.
@DR,
I.4.1 says that Congress can set the time, place, manner, of ANY congressional election. That they have not done so does not mean that they can’t.
At one time, Congress did not regulate the time of Congressional elections. In 1872, they set TFTATFMIN, but even that was not universally enforced. At the same time they added what is now 2 USC $8(a) permitting states to continue to hold trials, or fill other vacancies on their own schedule.
They did regulate the time of elections to fill senate vacancies prior to the 17th Amendment.