But how does it do any good? If Dems are allowed to do this, they can effectively immunize themselves against recalls. Your opponents stare a recall drive? Just wait till they waste their time and money collecting signatures, then swap tyrants! In fact, if the recall process is tied to the name of the legislator rather than to the seat per se, they could just have two resign and switch places. That way even the individual legislators needn't fear those who are supposed to be their masters.
Yup. What’s going to keep it from becoming standard procedure is the fact that entrenched pols will have to do the resigning. Of course, that can be undone also by merely running again in the next election. The LIVs have their backs.
What should happen, is have the recall anyway, and let the voters choose the replacement. But I’m betting the state won’t allow that, and will deem the recall ballot moot. This will establish a new underhanded Rat tactic, along with the fleebagging they’ve done from other states to prevent quorums from being formed.
Here in Utah the demo craps want to have it the other way around. Our Republican Attorney General recently resigned amid allegations of campaign financing irregularities, which BTW have yet to be proven. Normally the Republican Governor would appoint a successor from the same party, but the rats are screaming their heads off for a new election so they can get one of their lackeys in office. Of course we should all know these two political cases are completely different because...well, er... uhhh...one was in Utah and the other in Colorado, which are completely different states. Only the demonrats could have their cake and eat it too.