Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the failure of any person elected or appointed to or serving on the commission as a member or alternate member to continue in his or her position because of a change in his or her status thereby making the person ineligible to serve, or because of the death, removal, resignation, or disqualification of a member, shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by a majority vote of the remaining members of the commission. That person shall possess all of the same qualifications set forth in this article as is required for the person whose office he or she is to occupy.