When should someone resign from an office they were elected to?

[still_one]

[brooklynite]

1. When they lose the ability to fulfill the duties of their office.

At the present time, it appears that Gov. Northam can't work with any of the other Democrats in the VA Government.

Justin Fairfax, if he were to succeed Northam would likely find himself in the same situation.

The Herring situation is too recent to make an assessment.

[democratisphere]

2. When they are no longer doing the work for the people that voted them

into office.

[LanternWaste]

3. How many unique sums add up to 12,000?

Many answers, some predicated on each other, while others are wholly independent.

I'd imagine any one, comprehensive answer would fill a series of books to make Will and Ariel Durant jealous; and the process is to judge each individual on their own merits, their own actions, their own words and their own records rather than predicating an absolute outcome on simply choosing from A), B), C) or D).

[peggysue2]

5. Yes, thank you for that

That's the best answer I've read on the matter. And this is key:

. . . the process is to judge each individual on their own merits, their own actions, their own words and their own records rather than predicating an absolute outcome

Excellent point.

[Hortensis]

6. Did you take anti- mob mentality psychotropic, LW,

or perhaps some pill that directs inflammatory information for rigorous cognitive processing before proceeding to emotional reaction?

Or are you just assuming that individuals should live up to the long-established principles of justice that we would all expect to apply to ourselves?

If the latter, I'd add context to the list. Because it could matter. No politician is an island.

[still_one]

7. Perhaps, but it would be nice to have a basis. Some have said when they no longer can perform their

job, and that seems like a reasonable starting point

[Chickensoup]

4. Only through a referendum to remove

The person from office by those who elected him or her. Any other way tend to be subjective and influenced by the loudest
voices not necessary the will of the
Electorate .

[still_one]

8. I think that is the ideal and probably the way the founders intended, but in this age of real time

data assimilation, I think value judgements, right or wrong, will rule the narrative

[Captain Stern]

9. When the majority of the people that voted for them, want them to.

Of course the people that didn't vote for your hypothetical 'someone' would like them to resign. That only makes sense, and should be disregarded.

But, when the majority of the people that did vote for that hypothetical someone, want them to resign, I think the right thing for them to do...would be to resign.