Dead woman wins back her state senate seat. (Congress, death, elections)
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Wow. I don't know if this is sad, pathetic, funny or just plain disturbing.
Actually, it happens more often than one would think.
It happened a number of years ago in my state:Mel Carnahan (D) elected posthumously to Senate over John ********(R). His wife Jean served his term.
Of course, I believe it is only democrats who are elected after death, probably comes from the number of dead constituents whose ballots magically appear in the absentee pile.
Last edited by lifelongMOgal; 11-03-2010 at 03:10 PM..
So determined to vote in a democrat.
They don't read the news.
And they waste a vote.
They didn't waste a vote. They forced a special election. They had a choice, to vote for the deceased candidate and force a special election, or to vote in her opponent. They didn't want her opponent to take office unopposed, so they voted to have a special election in the near future.
Well now broke California has to pay for a special election thanks to the dems.
They got what they wanted which is to hand pick who replaces her.
The voters got what they wanted. A special election. It's what they deserve. It's not the voters' fault that the candidate died just two weeks before the election. The voters should have a choice. The voters wanted a choice. That's what their vote reflected.
So determined to vote in a democrat.
They don't read the news.
And they waste a vote.
Not toooo unusual.
Back in the 80's or so my cousin ran for the local - great - state Senate. A couple of weeks before the election, the Democrat incumbent died but still won the election. Cousin did not become State Senator.
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