GOP Governor: No Special Election for Rep Conyers Seat

[avalon]

Rick Snyder, best known for the Flint water crisis, has decided not to hold a special election for John Conyers seat, leaving the reliably Dem seat vacant for a year.

Snyder sets Aug. 7, Nov. 6 election dates to replace John Conyers in Congress

 

[ImTheCaptain]

lol Democracy

 

[PhDeac]

Nice. That's just a few thousand people with no representation in the House. No big deal.

 

[avalon]

I'll admit I missed this the first time through:

Jonathan Kinloch, Democratic chairman for the 13th District, said he supports the dates Snyder chose and he called Snyder's office Thursday to ask for those dates.

Time is needed to raise money so a wide array of potential candidates are able to run, Kinloch said. If early dates were chosen, only "swamp monsters" with ready access to money from lobbyists would be able to compete, he said.

That dude has some questions to answer.

 

[bym051d]

It’s a house seat, so not sure why there’d be a special election. Name a replacement and wait for 2018.

 

[avalon]

Interim replacements can be appointed for the Senate, I don't think that is true for the House.

For comparison:

 

[ONW]

Rick Snyder, best known for the Flint water crisis, has decided not to hold a special election for John Conyers seat, leaving the reliably Dem seat vacant for a year.

Snyder sets Aug. 7, Nov. 6 election dates to replace John Conyers in Congress

Meh, we had a Supreme Court opening unfilled for a year, why start practicing effective democracy now?

 

[PhDeac]

It’s a house seat, so not sure why there’d be a special election. Name a replacement and wait for 2018.

The problem is there is no replacement. I still every Senate or House nominee should appoint an assistant senator/rep when they run. That person (maybe a chief of staff or other position) can take over in a scandal or medical situation so there's never a point in time a district or state is unrepresented.