Posted on 09/11/2016 9:22:12 AM PDT by doug from upland
I was one of the guinea pigs for early polio testing in the 50’s... (sadly I was in the control group and had to get all my shots over again when the vaccine was approved.)
Governor Carnahan running for Senator from Missouri in 2000. Dies in a plane crash during campaign, wins narrowly over John Ashcroft (sympathy vote?). His wife gets installed as senator, contrary to all law, constitution and common sense. In this case, can Bill serve as president? Constitution says you cannot run for more than 2 terms, but he isn’t running. Depends what the meaning of “is” is. Holy cow these are crazy times.
If it’s Clintoon, raise a pint or two in celebration
I can see the fist pounding to “delay” the election.
She will be a stroke afflicted unconscious body kept alive on a ventilator her entire two terms while Obama controls the government. He WILL NOT allow Trump to win. The EC is corrupted by Obamatons.
It would not be a presidential death merely a nominee death
The electors of the electoral college are not bound to cast their votes for anyone. If Hillary were nominated and died or was unable to take the oath of office, the EC college could vote for anyone.
If she drops out before she takes the oath, does it go to the VP nominee?
If the hildabeast should survive and win the election, then it would not be unimaginable that she then be disqualified by the dims.
Given the rules as stated in the article, the winning party "appoints" her replacement. This could go many ways including appointing obummer as her replacement. This would bypass the 22nd amendement on term limits.
Section 1 of the amendment states:
"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.."
The argument would be he is not being elected, he is being appointed as a selected replacement for the winner.
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She will be a stroke afflicted unconscious body kept alive on a ventilator her entire two terms while Obama controls the government. He WILL NOT allow Trump to win. The EC is corrupted by Obamatons.
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It sort of depends if the EC has officially met and cast their votes. If they have, I would assume the VP nominee would be sworn in as president. If not, the EC could select another person.
They cannot choose Obama or Bill. If she served two years of a term and two remained, Bill could have the VP whacked, be named VP, and then move up to her spot upon her demise. A president can serve up to 10 years, only two terms of which can be by being elected.
http://archive.fairvote.org/?page=967 there are state laws that prevail in 29 states and DC regarding bound electors
No person ineligible to be president may become vice president.
FROM THE ARTICLE
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.
The same process would happen if the vacancy were to occur after the general election but before the Electoral College voting. If a vacancy should occur on the winning ticket, it would then be the party’s responsibility to fill it and provide a candidate for whom their electors could vote.
“What happens to a U.S. presidential candidate if he/she dies after their respective political party grants them the nomination, and before they are elected?”
Some more of that great writing. Question should be what happens to the election if the candidate dies? It’s pretty obvious what happens to the candidate.
That has happened in local elections and probably congressional.
But there still is a 10 year limit.
If you read the article, it discusses that.
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