SB 104-14: Senate Special Elections Amendment (Rejected)

[AGA]

I find it odd that party chairs make appointments. Why not have the president make appointments with a same-party rule?

[AGA]

I find it odd that party chairs make appointments. Why not have the president make appointments with a same-party rule?

That could easily result in someone party-switching to give one side an advantage. For example if I resigned and let's say Razze suddenly switched to DA then was appointed and switched back, then Labor-aligned senators would have 1 more than before.

We could have a rule where the appointee had to be in the party for a certain time before the creation of the vacancy or that the president has to pick someone from a list given by the party.

[AGA]

I don't see how it can be gamed if the President has to pick from a list from the party. I don't think a party chair, someone who is not an elected official, should have so much power.

[AGA]

I find it odd that party chairs make appointments. Why not have the president make appointments with a same-party rule?

Why should the president make the appointments?

Governors fill vacancies if a regional Senate seat becomes vacant, and the president is the equivalent of the governor for the whole country.

[AGA]

Nay