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Senator Stevens (R-place where being an 84 year-old felon is not a problem) won re-election. Also, he was convicted on 5 federal charges of corrupt governance. The government did not charge him with being a complete a#%hole.
While a felon can be elected (note: Stevens, always the gentleman, did not vote for himself) to the Senate, the Senate has the power (and some say duty) to expel a Senator. It is likely that if Stevens does not resign, the Senate will give him the retirement that Alaska's voters should have awarded him. Either of those situations would lead to a vacancy in Alaska's Senatorial delegation.That's where Gov. Winky (R-Neiman Marcus) comes in. She has a say in how the vacancy is filled.
Sec. 15.40.010. Conditions and time of filling vacancy by appointment and special election.
When a vacancy occurs in the office of United States senator, the governor, at least five days after the date of the vacancy but within 30 days after the date of the vacancy, shall
(1) appoint a qualified person who, if the predecessor in office was nominated by a political party, has been, for the six months before the date of the vacancy, and is, on the date of appointment, a member of the same political party as that which nominated the predecessor in office to fill the vacancy temporarily until the vacancy is filled permanently by election;
and
(2) by proclamation and subject to this chapter, call a special primary election and a special election to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term of the predecessor in office if the predecessor's term would expire more than 30 calendar months after the date of the vacancy.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of each State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.It sounds like
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