[jjotto]

First response was incorrect. The Vice-President Elect becomes ‘Acting President’ until the matter is resolved, although that depends on if the Electoral College has declared a winner.

[Verginius Rufus]

20th amendment, section 3:

If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President.

Part of the Constitution since Jan. 23, 1933.

[Elsie]

It could be rioting in the streets!