An Ohio man was denied a position on his village’s council despite being the only applicant, and the council president’s reasoning was pretty blatant.

  • @PriorityMotif
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    83 months ago

    Only if someone else leaves the position. They’ll appoint someone to fill the seat until the next election. Famously, former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich went to prison for trying to sell Barack Obama’s senate seat after he was elected president as his Senate term had not yet ended.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich