A federal judge will is expected to decide whether Illinoisans will vote in two different Senate elections this November. That's because appointed Senator Roland Burris is only allowed to serve up until the November 2nd election.  He was sent to Washington by Rod Blagojevich, shortly before he was impeached.  So voters would pick for someone to hold the seat for about six weeks until either Democrat Alexi Giannoulias or Republican Mark Kirk takes over permanently in January.  Party leaders would get to pick who runs in the special election.  They could simply allow the general election to run in the special election as well.


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