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

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Not a fan of holding nationwide special elections. At-large terms are short enough that appointments aren't really a problem.

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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.

Still pretty easy to game the system if a party just stores 'plants' in the other parties for this express purpose. Best to just stick with the current system. If it ain't broke...

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Nay!