Would there be any problems with nominations on an even year, my district representative will be up for election in 2023 and Im hoping to get in the academy in 2024. Do they postpone nominations, am I out of luck, or is it going to be completely fine?
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I will try to answer the question I think you are asking.
The nominations belong to the office.
The annual nomination cycle marches in sync with the annual application cycle.
Whoever is in the office can elect to use that nominating power to send slate(s) of nominees to the SAs. Every annual cycle.
There is a dedicated staff of people in Senator and Representative offices who manage the day-to-day nomination cycle work.
There is the last day in office of the incumbent, then they are out and the still-warm seat is filled by the newly elected official the next day
Everyone knows the date this will happen.
Typically someone departing the office before the 1/31 slate submission date to SAs will have gotten that taken care of before they depart. The incoming will handle the next cycle.
There is a difficulty when the office is actually vacant through a death or other situation. There is actually legislation ongoing right now to create a rule that shifts those seats to one of the Senators for “caretaking,” so deserving candidates are not deprived of a nom opportunity.
Read the sticky post pinned to the top of the abominations (Nominations!!! Siri is haunting me tonight) forum!
Ok, thanks for answer, sorry if it was confusing. I was just sacred for a second.