Special elections vs. gubenatorial appointments for Congressional vacancies

[Murica!]

I believe that any vacancy of a post normally chosen by a democratic mandate should be filled by...a new democratic mandate. Legislators should be chosen by the people, not by the executive, and on the flipside, the executive should be chosen by the legislature, but unfortunately we have a weird elected monarchy in America that makes that not a possibility at the moment.

Pretty much this, plus them being able to be recalled.