Content Tagged with "senate vacancies"
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Upholding Democratic Ideals, Even When It's Hard
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Statewide election to fill state's U.S. Senate seat
- Posted: March 31, 2009
- Author(s): Sara Sunshine
- Publication: The Brown Daily Herald
- Categories: FairVote
In the wake of scandals involving Illinois and New York Senate seats, the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives have voted to change state law so that a vacated U.S. Senate seat would be filled through a special statewide election. -
R.I. Senate passes bill on U.S. Senate vacancies
- Posted: March 25, 2009
- Author(s): Katherine Gregg
- Publication: The Providence Journal
- Categories: FairVote
The Rhode Island Senate has now approved its version of a bill to strip the governor of his power to appoint a replacement for a U.S. Senator who dies or leaves office for any other reason in mid-term, and require special elections instead. -
RI lawmakers give early approval to bill allowing voters to elect US Senate replacements
- Posted: March 18, 2009
- Author(s): Ray Henry
- Publication: The Associated Press
- Categories: FairVote
Rhode Islanders would elect their U.S. senators when an incumbent dies or leaves office unexpectedly under proposals that have gained new life since the controversy over President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. -
Senate vacancy bill OK'd in House
- Posted: March 11, 2009
- Author(s): Karen Lee Ziner
- Publication: The Providence Journal
- Categories: FairVote
PROVIDENCE -- A bill that would strip the governor of his power to appoint a replacement in the event of a midyear U.S. Senate vacancy was passed by the House yesterday in a 64-to-6 vote and sent to the Senate.