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« on: July 14, 2017, 05:49:45 AM »
« edited: July 14, 2017, 05:51:27 AM by ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ »

I could see Hawaii winning the race to have the first elected representatives. Ed Case was elected just 25 days after Patty Mink was posthumously re-elected. I don't know if any other state would bother with a special election after the regular November election to the unexpired house term.
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jfern
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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2017, 11:17:42 PM »

Governors would appoint temporary senators and schedule special house elections. A worse scenario is where a very small number remain alive. While the self imposed rules define how large a quorum must be, there is no constitutional rule. This would be an interesting supreme court challenge to see if 3 hypothetical surviving house members could change the house quorum rules and then pass bills as a 3 person body.

Quorom is a majority of the members. If there there was 434 vacancies and 1 representative, they would meet quorum.
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