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Concurrent resolution to send vacancy‑appointment restriction to voters fails in committee; sponsors say they will continue debate
Summary
House Concurrent Resolution 1002, a proposed ballot referral that would bar appointees to vacancies from running in the next election for that office, did not advance in committee after an initial motion to send the measure to the Committee of the Whole failed; the resolution was later postponed indefinitely on a reverse roll‑call vote.
House Concurrent Resolution 1002, sponsored by Rep. Bob Marshall and Rep. Succla, would have asked voters to limit appointees who fill elected office vacancies from appearing on the immediate next ballot for that same office. Proponents framed the measure as a way to restore democratic accountability and limit the incumbent advantage created when a small party vacancy committee selects a replacement who then runs as an incumbent.
Marshall told the committee the measure addresses what he described as a growing reliance on vacancy appointments rather than…
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