[MagUSNRET]

before or after the wild applause?

[DIRTYSECRET]

The there are those who win AND THEN croak.

[babble-on]

It’s a good question.

[Libloather]

That would suck?

[chuckee]

Then Hunter Biden gets to be the Presidential candidate under Joe’s will

[Eddie01]

An angel gets its wings.

[humblegunner]

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

First, someone looks into why he failed to use a question mark at the end of an obvious question.

[Jim Noble]

There are no Presidential elections in the Constitution. Voting for President is not necessary.

[BenLurkin]

Depends on if they are a De.ocrat or not.

[nascarnation]

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.

[House Atreides]

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

[BenLurkin]

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.

[Freestate316]

Two slugs behind the left ear is deemed a tragic suicide, and Hillary gets the nomination.

[trisham]

Good question.

[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.

[Still Thinking]

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

[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.

[BeauBo]

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

[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.