Posted on 03/29/2020 2:23:19 PM PDT by LexBaird
Does anyone know what the legal process becomes if, after a Presidential candidate gets the nomination of a Party but before the General Election, that candidate dies or becomes totally incapacitated?
I bring to mind when the Missouri Senator Mel Carnahan died in a plane crash and was elected anyway, with his widow being appointed. Does the Party just get to substitute in whomever they want?
With Bernie having heart issues and Joe slipping deeper into dementia (or back in 2016, with HRC passing out regularly), is there any established law or procedure to handle this sort of thing?
before or after the wild applause?
The there are those who win AND THEN croak.
Order another semi full of popcorn!
It’s a good question.
LOL
if you’re a dem your wife gets the nod
That would suck?
Then Hunter Biden gets to be the Presidential candidate under Joe’s will
An angel gets its wings.
First, someone looks into why he failed to use a question mark at the end of an obvious question.
There are no Presidential elections in the Constitution. Voting for President is not necessary.
Depends on if they are a De.ocrat or not.
Filling a Vacancy: From the Nomination to the Electoral College Vote
Since the time of Andrew Jackson’s run for the presidency in 1828, individual political parties have had the job of filling any vacancy on their national ticket, either that of their presidential or vice-presidential candidate. If one of their candidates vacates the ticket after they are nominated, either because of death or withdrawal, the party selects a replacement.
Both the Republican and the Democratic parties have rules in their bylaws governing how to fill the vacancy. The Party Chair calls a meeting of the National Committee, and the Committee members at the meeting vote to fill the vacancy on the ticket. A candidate must receive a majority of the votes to win the party’s nod.
Dude, ASK HILLARY....she’s got that all worked out.
The New Jersey court re-wrote the state’s election laws on the fly when a ‘Rat candidate for Senate died.
Reasoning? The Democrat Party was entitled to have a candidate. No matter what.
Two slugs behind the left ear is deemed a tragic suicide, and Hillary gets the nomination.
Boy, Humblegunner, you really are a major pill.
People make typos here all the time. I am a grammar nazi myself, and it bugs me when people write “loose” instead of “lose,” or “less” when they mean “fewer.”
But anyone can make a typo. Seriously, Humble, why don’t you get a effing life? You’re overdue.
Who get's the nod?
You think she would do that to Andrew Cuomo?
Good question.
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