Originally posted by sigma:
I don't see any reason why the people of New Jersey need to have an expensive and complicated election when there are set guidelines on what to do in the case of a Governor's resignation.


Right...and since when do liberals complain about how much money things cost?

I don't think the people of New Jersey should be disenfranchised because of an "expensive and complicated" election. But if you do, then that's something you have to deal with yourself.

I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing the relevant parts of the New Jersey Constitution were written to deal with sudden resignations, not planned ones. I don't think the founders of NJ considered partisan maneuvers when they wrote the 60-day window clause in.