re: Prediction: Alabama Will Not Elect a Senator This Year

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All special elections shall be held on such day as the Governor may direct.

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All special elections provided for by this chapter are to be ordered by the Governor, who must issue writs of election, directed to the judge of probate of the counties in which such election is required to be held and must specify therein the district or county in which, and the day on which, such election is to be held; the cause and object of the same; the name of the person in whose office the vacancy has occurred and, in all cases in which a special election is directed in a district composed of more than one county, such election must be directed to be held on the same day in each county.

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This is the relevant piece of the Alabama code. Smarter people than I were discussing it on the radio this evening and said Kay has the authority to postpone the election indefinitely.

ETA: It was Leland Whaley and Andrea Lindenbergh...two conservative Alabama talk show hosts with years of Alabama political reporting experience. I trust them.