On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Geoffrey Spear <geoffsp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> But being able to arbitrarily resign any office is just too much.
>
> I agree, although I don't think that actually worked anyway.
Yes, it does, as ais523 pointe out to me.
The holder of an elected office CAN resign it by announcement,
causing it to become vacant.
Although the ordinary language definition of "resign" is something
along the lines of "cease to be the holder of the office", that
paragraph clearly defines "resign" as an action that causes an office
to become vacant, which just happens to be performable only by the
holder of the office. If anyone else did it, it would still cause the
office to become vacant.
