Most New Yorkers want special elections to fill future U.S. Senate vacancies rather than allowing the governor sole authority to name someone to the powerful position, according to a poll released Thursday.
The Siena College poll found 65 percent of voters want state law changed so voters would decide who gets the job. If the law is changed, it would prevent a repeat of the secretive and widely criticized process that led to Gov. David Paterson's appointment of upstate congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Another 30 percent of the voters polled wanted the state law to remain unchanged.
Count me in the majority on this one.
