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What happens if one or both of the presidential candidates

Posted on: August 6, 2016 at 23:34:09 CT

JeffB MU

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can't or won't become president... say if one of them dies, or gets extremely ill, say a massive stroke or goes to jail, or whatever?

Do they just carry on with the VP candidate taking the lead role?

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What happens if one or both of the presidential candidates - JeffB MU

- 8/6 23:34:09

lol (nm) - pickle MU

- 8/7 09:42:38

Yes - raskolnikov MU - 8/7 09:34:25

Come ooooooon stroke.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 8/7 08:08:50

the parties have a replacement process - Fat Drunk and Stupid MU

- 8/6 23:36:46

Thanks. Would that even cover if it happened a day or two - JeffB MU

- 8/6 23:41:24

There won't be an official replacement on the ballot - Fat Drunk and Stupid MU

- 8/6 23:44:50

So if there was a big financial collapse and there was - JeffB MU

- 8/6 23:59:08

there's no provision for martial law - Fat Drunk and Stupid MU

- 8/7 00:01:17

I suspect something like the house deciding the presidency & - JeffB MU

- 8/7 00:13:12

The constitution says that if - Fat Drunk and Stupid MU

- 8/7 00:14:36

Yeah, hopefully someone could bring suit & the Supreme Court - JeffB MU

- 8/7 00:18:28

And, it would be a tie no doubt. Why don't we - GA Tiger MU - 8/7 08:11:24