Resignation

[Peter]

Well, in Watergate fashion I hearby resign from the Senate effectively at midnight, Saturday, December 4, 2004.  Gov. MAS117 shall appoint an interim.

I think you have done the honourable thing by resigning.

However, the only way in which a new Senator can fill out the rest of your term (until January 7th) is for the electors of District 2 to elect a new one. The process by which Governors could appoint Senators to fill a vacant seat for the rest of a term was only applicable for Regional Senate seats.

There will need to be a special election if 1B is to have representation before January.

[Peter]

The Precedent of this forum seems to be that one can simply resign a position, rather than requiring it be accepted. I think the process of accepting a resignation is over-formalising the system, which is un-needed.