Editing Legislator (section)

== Substitute legislator ==
Some legislatures provide each legislator with an official "substitute legislator" (or "alternate") who deputises for the legislator in the legislature if the elected representative is unavailable. [[Venezuela]], for example, provides for substitute legislators (''{{Lang|es|diputado suplente}}'') to be elected under Article 186 of its [[Constitution of Venezuela|1999 constitution]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Asamblea Nacional Constituyente |url=http://www.tsj.gov.ve/legislacion/constitucion1999.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417173551/http://www.tsj.gov.ve/legislacion/constitucion1999.htm |archive-date=2014-04-17 |access-date=2014-04-12 |publisher=Tribunal Supremo de Justicia}}</ref> [[Ecuador]], [[Panama]], and the U.S. state of [[Idaho]] also have substitute legislators.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Betsy |title=Idaho's substitute law unique |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/mar/16/idahos-substitute-law-unique/ |access-date=16 October 2022 |website=Spokesman Review |date=16 March 2014}}</ref>