Amendment 17: .. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. ..
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:schmidt@;hungrycow.com] > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 2:44 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., dies in a plane crash in Minn. > > Tim, > > I don't think that is an inappropriate question. I too am unsure how it > will work. Will we have another Carnahan? You can grieve and feel sorry > for the family, but as they say life goes on. I think this is an > interesting suituation in that Ventura is governor. Does anyone know for > sure how this is handled. Normally if he weren't up for reelection > Ventura > would just appoint someone new. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
