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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:16 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 1 July 2010 12:16
From UPI.com:
Some West Virginia lawmakers say they expect the Legislature to review the succession plan for the seat of Sen. Robert C. Byrd during a special session in July.
Byrd, who represented the state in the U.S. Senate for more than a half-century, died Monday in a Washington-area hospital at the age of 92. A memorial service was planned for Friday.
Earlier this week, Secretary of State Natalie Tennant said no special election to fill Byrd’s seat would be held until November 2012, when West Virginia voters would elect someone to complete the roughly five weeks of his unexpired term and someone for a full six-year term in the same election, similar to what Pennsylvania did to elect a successor for Rep. John Murtha.
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