[Political Junkie Too]

I checked the Massachusetts Election Law on the special appointment to fill a Senate vacancy. Interestingly, the on-line text has not been amended with the text from the new law, which can be found here.

SECTION 1. Section 140 of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as appearing in 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:–

(f) Upon failure to choose a senator in congress or upon a vacancy in said office the governor shall make a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy; provided, however, that the person so appointed shall serve until the election and qualification of the person duly elected to fill such vacancy pursuant to paragraph (a) or paragraph (c); and provided further, any person so appointed shall be of the same political party as the person vacating the office and thereby creating the vacancy.

Note that it says that the term of the special appointments lasts until "election and qualification" of the duly elected person.

-PJ

[danamco]

And what does “qualification” means???

[chris_bdba]

That is what I get from the law so any vote by the appointed senator after Jan 19th is illegal and if made could/should be vacated?