[KarlInOhio]

Wouldn't that be an ex post facto law? The seat is vacant and the clock has already started ticking for electing the replacement. Can they still switch the replacement method? What if it was one day before the election and it looked like a Republican was likely to win - could they change the selection method then?

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Wouldn't that be an ex post facto law? The seat is vacant and the clock has already started ticking for electing the replacement. Can they still switch the replacement method? What if it was one day before the election and it looked like a Republican was likely to win - could they change the selection method then?

Interesting point and legal conundrum for the Rats, not that they ever let a pesky thing like the law ever stop them from doing whatever is necessary to advance their corrupt agenda.

But I think you are right in that its "after the fact," and the "Clock began running" exactly 1 second after The Swimmer assumed room temp.

[Tublecane]

“Wouldn’t that be an ex post facto law? The seat is vacant and the clock has already started ticking for electing the replacement”

I’m no law-talkin’-guy, but I don’t think it would be ex post facto unless a replacement had already been elected.