They can't do that. There's already Supreme Court precedent that says the election to replace resigned Senators must take place on the next regular election day. That day is November 5, 2002.
And Torch can't wait until November 6 either, and then quit and have McGreevey name a replacement. That's a direct violation of the Seventeenth Amendment, because it takes away the public's right to elect its own Senator.
The RATS' only hope is to be able to play the court system in hopes of getting some well-known name forced onto the ballot before 11/5. Unless they can pull that off (and there's plenty of reason to believe even that would be unconstitutional, though it appears to be untested), then Forrester has already won.
Agreed. If they pull this off, they win. And if they lose, they have an issue to pump the base. Both better alternatives than sitting by and watching Toricelli go down in flames -- another example of an arrogant, selfish dimocrat politician for the country to examine and dispise.