The easiest way to disqualify an unqualified president-elect under the 20th Amendment is for Congress to refuse to certify the electoral votes in enough states to push the unqualified president-elect below the 270 electoral vote threshold needed for election to office. It only takes two members of Congress to object to certification of the electoral vote in any state, one Senator and one Representative.
President-elect of the United States
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“President-elect of the United States is the title used for an incoming President of the United States in the period between the general election on Election Day in November and noon eastern standard time on Inauguration Day, January 20, during which he is not in office yet. The title is used for the apparent winner and is finalized when votes of the Electoral College, cast in December, are counted by a joint session of Congress in early January. If a sitting President has won re-election, he is not referred to as a “President-elect” because he is already in office and is not waiting to become president. If a new President is scheduled to enter, then the current-standing one is said to hold the office on a lame-duck basis.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President-elect
and:
http://presidentelect.us/index.html. (Check out the FAQ, if you’re interested)
The bottom line is the the 20th Amendment refers to ONLY the President-Elect failing to qualify and we haven’t had a President-elect since 2008-2009.
A reelected incumbent is not a president-elect.
Untrue.
Each Presidential election cycle results in a person being named "President Elect". A President Elect is the person who assumes the office of President, if they qualify that is, for the next Presidential term of office. If someone is the current President, they can still be the President Elect as well.
Meanwhile, most Freepers know that the Constitution is a far better source than Wikipedia.