How are Vacancies handled?

Every district has a Vacancy Committee for each of the political parties. When a vacancy occurs in the Legislature, the Vacancy Committee of the out-going Legislator’s political party for that district elects a replacement.

In the case of the Senate, the person elected by Vacancy Committee is subject to election at the next general election regardless of whether his/her district would have been up for election that year. If this “confirmation election” takes place in the middle of the district’s 4-year term, the winner of that election only serves until the next general election, in order to put them back on their 4-year term track.