I have a question. When Northam resigns and Fairfax sworn in, what happens if something comes out on him? How would replacing him work? All new election?
“””I have a question. When Northam resigns and Fairfax sworn in, what happens if something comes out on him? How would replacing him work? All new election?”””
I had read a couple of different things and wasn’t sure, so I found this, though I don’t know how up to date it is:
“At any time, a sitting Governor may transmit a written statement to both the President Pro Tem of the Senate and the Speaker of the House that she is temporarily unable to serve, at which time the Lieutenant Governor becomes Acting Governor. The Governor resumes her duties by making a second written declaration to the same two officers.
If, at the time a vacancy occurs, an emergency prevents the Assembly from convening, the preordained line of succession behind the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor is as follows:
- the Speaker of the House of Delegates
- the Delegate named to act as the Speaker’s stead in the Rules of the House of Delegates
- the President Pro Tem of the Senate
- the Majority Leader of the Senate
Such an individual serves as Acting Governor until the General Assembly is able to convene.
The General Assembly also has the discretion to pass a law that waives the eligibility requirements to serve as Governor or Acting Governor. Such a law may only apply in an “emergency or enemy attack upon the soil of Virginia” and only when the Governor or the duly appointed officer has proclaimed an emergency.”
https://ballotpedia.org/Governor_of_Virginia
Succession goes to the AG if the AG is eligible to be Governor. I can't find anything beyond that. Fairfax is currently under investigation for sexual harassment.
Well, that didn't take long.
It seems that Fairfax has been under investigation for a year and a half over some sex assault allegations from years ago.