Let voters decide in West Virginia

Democratic partisans may not like this — West Virginians going to the polls in November to replace the recently deceased Robert Byrd in the U.S. Senate — but it is only fair to ask voters who they want sitting in the Senate. Governors should not get the chance to appoint Senators, even on a temporary basis. Special elections to fill vacancies should be the rule.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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