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To: diverteach

If a winning Presidential candidate dies or becomes incapacitated between the counting of electoral votes in Congress and the inauguration, the Vice President elect will become President, according to Section 3 of the 20th Amendment.
U. S. Electoral College: Frequently Asked Questions
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45 posted on 08/17/2016 5:47:41 AM PDT by sweetiepiezer (MY COUNTRY WAS OF THEE!!!!)
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To: sweetiepiezer; Jim Noble

QUESTION?

According to post 39:

Except that the President is not elected in November.

The President is elected when the President of the Senate opens the electoral votes and counts them in the presence of the full (new) House and Senate,?sitting in special Joint Session which will happen on January 3, 2017.
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And according to your post 45:

If a winning Presidential candidate dies or becomes incapacitated between the counting of electoral votes in Congress and the inauguration, the Vice President elect will become President
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Question: What happens if the president-elect dies or becomes incapacitated between Nov 8, 2016 and January 3, 2017


59 posted on 08/17/2016 7:02:47 PM PDT by thouworm ("To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth"---Theodore Roosevelt)
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