XNavyNuke
01-23-2016, 09:54 AM
They resign their seats instead. It requires a super majority vote to retain their seats, but only a simple majority if they resign and run against their Republican challenger. If the Dem party can find someone to run as a independent in a three way race, they will probably get elected with less than a simple majority.
Keep voting harder dammit!
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-election-board-to-decide-fate-of-three-st-clair/article_23969e59-b665-534d-bff6-e0435433f84d.html
. A board spokesman said the tie vote means the judges can continue running in the regular partisan elections, unless appeals courts disagree. The vote was on a motion to adopt a recommendation that the judges don't have to face the 60 percent voter threshold of a retention referendum. The tie vote means the motion fails, the spokesman said, leaving the judges on the Democratic primary ballot.
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Keep voting harder dammit!
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-election-board-to-decide-fate-of-three-st-clair/article_23969e59-b665-534d-bff6-e0435433f84d.html
. A board spokesman said the tie vote means the judges can continue running in the regular partisan elections, unless appeals courts disagree. The vote was on a motion to adopt a recommendation that the judges don't have to face the 60 percent voter threshold of a retention referendum. The tie vote means the motion fails, the spokesman said, leaving the judges on the Democratic primary ballot.
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