Vanity: What happens if a candidate dies before the election.

Self | Lexbaird

[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?

[gibsonguy]

Right, Debbie Dingbat comes to mind. I swear half of the morons in that district didn’t even know they were voting for a different Dingell.

[cnsmom]

Don’t vote too early Democrats this year.

[Reily]

Parties are private organizations they have no constitutional standing. Eventhough we’ve been conditioned by habit to think they do. They can pick or replace a candidate by any means their membership will tolerate & they think they can “sell” to the general voting public.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I don’t have my pocket constitution with me, but, isn’t there constitutional provision for states to choose their presidential electors???

[Still Thinking]

Probably depends on ballot access laws. Usually any question is resolved in Leftists favor.

[humblegunner]

But anyone can make a typo.

In the title of their vanity thread? Most folks would look twice.

Seriously, Humble, why don’t you get a effing life?

I never heard of you, Jack.

What do YOU know about my life?

[Still Thinking]

Then the convention becomes a circle jerk.

[Maceman]

You never heard of me? That's funny, since you have been Buzz Killington on several of my past posts and comments.

Are you having memory lapses now, like Joe Biden?

[coon2000]

Article 2 Section 1 in the Constitution details how a president shall be elected.

[Reily]

States can choose their electors by whatever means the legislature chooses.

[Songcraft]

Then only dead people can vote.   (The deadocrats.)

[RainMan]

It depends on the timing.

Prior to the parties convention. Most likely a brokered convention because nobody would have the votes outright. In the ABB scenario (anybody but Bernie), I could see them reaching out to someone like Bloomberg and putting AOC or Warren in as VP. Hilarity ensues. I would NOT see them reaching out to someone who did not even mount a campaign like Moochelle or the witch.

If it is post-party convention, but prior to the election, then it is still the parties choice. Keep in mind, there will be a VP also on the ticket, so the natural choice would be to elevate the VP to the head of the ticket and choose another VP, but when has logic ever played a part in politics.

If the candidate wins the election, but the electoral college has not selected yet, then it could be interesting. Whatever happens would probably fail on the first ballot, and then the opposite party candidate could actually look more attractive. Imagine a Biden/Warren ticket then Biden croaks prior to the EC. She is far enough moonbat that a lot of Electors could punt and say Trump is not so bad after all. I dont think they could substitute anyone OTHER than the VP for the President, but I could be wrong.

After electoral college votes but before sworn in. VP would be elevated as if it happened after swearing in. No, you cannot substitute their spouse. Once EC votes, succession must be someone they voted for. The only reason we have seen those games in other elections is because it was not a running mate scenario, and those fell into the state appointment scenario where the governor made that decision.

After swearing in, Constitutional line of succession.

[ThunderSleeps]

Dude, ASK HILLARY....she’s got that all worked out.

I guarantee you she's got every member of the DNC on speed dial.

[BeauBo]

Joe Biden did not kill himself before the General Election...

[RatRipper]

LOL. Actually, two slugs behind the ear of a Rat Candidate BEFORE election is dying of natural causes . . . right Hillary????

[humblegunner]

Maybe you never made much of an impression.

[Maceman]

Maybe you never made much of an impression.

See? You've forgotten. If I never made much of an impression, you wouldn't have invaded my threads and posts so often.

But that's OK. Nobody here likes you or takes you seriously anyway.

[pfflier]

If I remember correctly this has come up before on FR. In case of the dims, if the candidate gets arknicided after the convention, the DNC selects the candidate.

[Political Junkie Too]

See this post of mine from March 10.

-PJ

[dp0622]

lol

What happened to our country that such a question has to be seriously considered.