Re: [OT] Question about rules around appointments

On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:12:45 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
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Simple answer is no, House members don't have to resign just because
they were nominated for a job in the Trump administration. It's
speculated that Gaetz went ahead and resigned to hopefully keep the
House investigation into the underage sex accusations against him
under wraps. As to what happens with the empty seats I think it may
depend on each states rules but typically the Governor of the state
will nominate someone to hold the seat until there can be an election.
I know there will be special elections held but I'm not sure if that's
always the case or if the person selected by the Governor can hold the
seat until the normal time for the seat to be up for re-election.

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In case of a House vacancy, there's no gubanatorial appointment. Instead
there's a special election if there are enough days in the term.
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A Senate vacancy used to be filled by gubanatorial election till the end of
term or until the next general election if more than two years remained.
However, there was a federal court case that changed that requiring a
special election under rules similar to a vacancy in the House.

It's something that doesn't come up often enough for me to remember
anything other than the old Senate vacancy rule. Didn't know that it
had changed so thanks for the update.