This is the press release from McConnell’s staff: https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=25E43CBF-8898-4D4C-AFFE-B31F85872009
This is the press release from McConnell’s staff: https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=25E43CBF-8898-4D4C-AFFE-B31F85872009
The whole existence of said deadline was an exercise in antidemocratic bastardry on the part of the GOP state government orchestrated by McConnell himself to frustrate the Democrat governor’s ability to appoint his replacement.