State senators Rob McColley and Theresa Gavarone introduced Senate Bill 92, a bill to permit special elections to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August under any of the following circumstances:

• For the purpose of submitting a statewide ballot issue to the voters under Section 1 of Article XVI, Ohio Constitution
• When a primary election is required preceding a special election to fill a vacancy in an office
• For the election of a party candidate for U.S. Congress due to the withdrawal, disqualification, or death of a congressional candidate prior to the 19th day before the day of the general election.

August elections for these purposes were eliminated by a law passed in 2021.

A special election has been scheduled for June 13 to fill a vacant state representative seat in Maine House District 45.

The seat became vacant when Rep. Clinton Collamore resigned last month after being indicted on charges related to violations of the state’s Clean Election Act.

The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of the term set to expire at the end of 2024.

Bismark, North Dakota City Commissioner Mark Splonskowski is resigning effective March 20, due to conflicts of interest when he assumes the Burleigh County auditor/treasurer position in April.

Sponkowski was elected to the county post in November.

The city commission will vote at the March 14 meeting on whether to have a special election to fill his seat or appoint someone to serve out the remainder of the term.

A special election has been scheduled for May 16 to fill a vacant state representative seat in House District 108.

The seat became vacant when current state Sen. Lynda Schlegel Culver won the January 31 special election for the Senate District 27 seat.

The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of the term set to expire at the end of 2024.

Virginia Senate District 9 will have a vacancy created due to state Sen. Jennifer McClellan’s election to the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Richmond Democrat has indicated she intends to resign on March 7.

Virginia’s 9^th Senate District is composed of Charles City County, portions of Hanover and Henrico counties, and parts of Richmond.

The special election has been set for March 28.

On March 13, a provincial byelection will be held in the electoral division of Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne for the Quebec National Assembly.

The election will be held to fill the vacant seat of former Member of the National Assembly Dominique Anglade, the former leader of the Quebec Liberal Party .

Anglade resigned on December 1 of last year.

The byelection was announced by Premier François Legault on February 6.

Rep. Mike Glanton resigned this past week after serving 14 years in the state House.

Glanton was a Democrat who represented House District 75, which consists of Clayton County.

Gov. Brian Kemp set the special election for March 21. A runoff will be scheduled if necessary.

Three special elections have been scheduled for February 28, to fill vacant seats in the state’s Assembly District 6, 100, and 148.

The Assembly District 6 seat was vacated by Rep. Edwin Vargas when he resigned to pursue an academic post.

The Assembly District 148 seat was vacated when Rep. Daniel Fox resigned to accept an anticipated judicial nomination.

The Assembly District 100 seat was vacated when Rep. Quentin Williams was killed in a car crash earlier this month.

The winner of each election on February 28 will serve the remainder of each term, all of which expire at the end of 2024.

A special election has been set for February 27, to fill the seat recently vacated by former Commissioner Ken Russell.

Commissioners had 10 days to appoint a replacement to serve out the remainder of Russell’s term but could not find a consensus candidate.

District 2 comprises portions of Coconut Grove, Brickell, Edgewater, Morningside and downtown.

Sometime before July 2, 2023, a by-election will be announced for the seat in the House of Commons representing Calgary Heritage in the province of Alberta.

On January 3, the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Stéphane Perrault, received official notice from the Speaker of the House of Commons that the seat for Calgary Heritage (Alberta) became vacant following the resignation of Bob Benzen. Benzen officially resigned from his seat in the House of Commons on December 31, 2022, in order to return to private life, according to CTV news.

Under the law, the by-election date must be announced between January 14 and July 2, 2023, and will signal the start of the by-election period. According to Elections Canada, the earliest date the by-election can be held is February 20, 2023.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced a special election on February 21, 2023, to fill the vacancy in Senate District 19 created by the resignation of Senator Morgan McGarvey.

Under state law, when a legislator vacancy occurs while lawmakers are not in session, the Governor may call the special election.

McGarvey is resigning from the position because he was elected U.S. representative for Kentucky’s 3rd congressional district.

Gov. Ron DeSantis scheduled a special primary and election to replace former state Rep. Joe Harding who resigned after he was indicted on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements.

Harding previously represented House District 24.

The special primary is scheduled for March 7 with the special election following on May 16.

The Office of Secretary of State is expected to announce reporting dates for any PACs making contributions or expenditures to influence the elections.

A special election has been scheduled to be held on February 21 in New Hampshire.

The special election is necessary after the Rochester House race between Republican David Walker and Democrat Rep. Chuck Grassie ended in a tie earlier this year.

Virginia Gov. Youngkin announced a special election to replace the late Del. Ronnie Campbell will take place January 10, 2023.

Del. Campbell passed away this past week after a battle with cancer.

Campbell represented the 24^th District of the Virginia House of Delegates.

His wife, Ellen Campbell has announced that she will run for her late husband’s seat.