No. It is an indisputable fact that the seats being vacant is nonsense. It is untrue. Period.
For someone who seemed so confident in your declarations, it’s surprising that all you seem to have to back it up is ‘every report I’ve seen or read...’
You may well be right. What I’ve been asking is why that might be the case. Nobody seems to know.
In Illinois case Blago appointed Burris to fill keep Obamas seat warm. However the tem ends at the time of the election(today). Therefore the winner of todays Ilinois Senate race is automatically seated and will have a vote in the lame duck session. In Florida, I believe the legislature called for a special election but didn’t have it. Therefore todays winner will take a seat and vote in the lame duck session.