On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Kerim Aydin<ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I don't think announcement should make the office vacant, (why not give > the incumbent an extra week? better than a vacancy IMO). Maybe say > "anyone can initiate an election for which the incumbent is not eligible > to be nominated".
I wouldn't be surprised if such elections ended with no candidates. The natural tendency strongly favors the incumbent.