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Can someone explain the issue here with the three months? It talks about how Massie might make a grab for the seat. What does it matter if it is a special election or regular election? What dynamic changes that makes a regular election more secure than a special election? Is it the primary process?
i mean who the fuck keeps voting for him him ? surely even a sane GOP voter would vote D just to get rid of this fuck ?
even a sane GOP voter
Read that aloud. 😉
A sane GOP?
who the fuck keeps voting for him him ?
Conservatives, I mean Regressives, I mean traitors.
Nice clickbait title!
Why does the dude just not retire? Or is someone keeping him alive to use him?
Amazing the extent to which republicans will go to deny their constituents representation.
A 1000 souls will be sacrificed every day so his may continue to burn...
This theory is off base.
The law is for when the vacancy occurs, not when it is disclosed.
If he's dead before the 2nd Tuesday in August, it doesn't matter if they wait longer to announce that.
Basically they'll need to prove he was able to do senator stuff the days leading up to their disclosure date in order to meet the no election deadline.
What's the August 2nd date about? Do we check yearly whether a senator is dead or something?
I'm pretty sure it's Aug 5, but it's 90 days before the midterm election. Kentucky has a law where if a Senator vacates office before that, the Governor (currently a Democrat) appoints a replacement to finish out their term. The conspiracy theory is saying that they're hiding the fact that he's unfit to serve in order to keep their slim majority in the House until at least January.
Hypothetically if McConnel did die and they were able to keep it under wraps till, say August 15th - would a snap election occur at that point or would it be viewed that the deadline was missed?
I'm also curious if this has ever occurred before to serve as precedence for now. 302 senators have died in office in the past, so it's a lot to try and look into I think.
If I understand it correctly, the law (passed just before Bashir was inaugurated) actually says there should be a special election called by the governor. However the state's constitution says the governor picks the replacement