On Tuesday February 10 2009, Richard Creighton wrote:
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Seeing as a 'vote was taken', the inference is that this list is a democratic entity of some sort. That being the case and given that democratic entities periodically resubmit the issues and leadership to the constituants/voters for evaluation/reevaluation (otherwise countries like the US would still have George Bush as President...or Jimmy Carter...or Nixon perhaps)
I'm pretty sure Nixon's death would have brought his administration to an close, even if no constitutional constraint did... However, a vote of the sort you refer to in this context can be nothing more than advisory (informing the authority in question of the denizens' preferences), since this is a technical matter and must be resolved primarily on technical merits.
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Richard
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