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Ambiguities about county and municipal councils as "electoral colleges"

When county and municipal councils elected members of the First Chamber, were the parliamentary members elected from among the councilors, as seems implied? If so, did they retain their local offices as well, or did they have to give up their local seats?

Or did the councils elect First Chamber members from among other citizens, nominated by whatever process?

Comment:

In the U.S. state of Oregon where I live, dual office-holding at different levels or in different branches of government is prohibited by the state constitution. If a legislative seat in either the state senate or the state assembly becomes vacant, due to death or resignation, including resignation pursuant to election or appointment to a different office, the county organization of the political party to which the former legislator had belonged nominates three potential replacements, of whom one is chosen to fill the seat by the geographically relevant county commission (an elected local council). When a legislative district falls within more than one county there are provisions for joint decision making both between county parties, and between county commissions.

When the U.S. Senate was indirectly elected (prior to 1913), the state legislatures of the several states each elected two U.S. senators, by methods that varied from state to state and varied over time, according to the constitution of each state as amended. Whether a senator who was also a state office-holder could continue to hold both offices varied from state to state, but for most states was geographically impractical, and increasingly came to be barred under state constitutions as the power of the federal government grew. Chris Lowe (talk) 21:55, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]