Meta election.

[David Catchpole]

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Charles Fiterman wrote:
> The more candidates you have the more chance of a delayed election.
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> And what if an incumbent dies while seeking reelection now the office
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> is vacant for a long time.
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> 
> I think the answer is to have some kind of rule of succession which
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> allows things to go on as usual. A vote for John Smith is a vote for
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> John Smith or his delegated successor.
> 

Well, I guess that is a point for consideration, especially in the
United States of America where the mass party as it exists in other first
world countries is effectively non-existent.