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From what I learned in government class, if neither a President-elect nor a VP-elect are available and qualified, then the Presidential Succession Act kicks in - meaning the Speaker of the House (currently Paul Ryan) would act as President until one of the aforementioned individuals qualified (or in the case of death of both of them for the remainder of that term).
Based on my watching VEEP on HBO, if the presidential candidate is not able to take office either because they die or do not win the election either because of a tie, or the contingency election in the House of Representatives does not make a final decision, then the newly elected VP becomes President.
But if they both die, I think the old VP (in 2017 that would be Biden) becomes POTUS until a new election can be held. The time frame to conduct a new election is not specified.
No elected candidate has ever died between election and inauguration, but the closest was William King who contracted terminal tuberculosis during this period.
William Rufus DeVane King (April 7, 1786 – April 18, 1853) took the oath office for Vice President while he was in Cuba for less than 7 weeks. At the time the VP office was not filled upon a death, and it remained vacant for nearly 4 years.
re the bolded.
Mr. In-Between's reply to the OP is 100% correct and, IIRC, there were other past threads that discussed this point.
KellyXY either misunderstood his government teacher, or the government teacher is wrong.
Maybe you shouldn't sprout off so much. He is asking before Ignauration day and after the counting of the electoral vote which is Jan3-jan20th period.
Anyway, you sound like an angry person ready to have a heart attack.
Re the bolded.......Do you know this from a DM from the OP ?........because the OP is not asking that/doesn't make that qualification in the original post. Based on the text as showing in the original post, Mr. In-Between is correct.
I agree with you that Mr. In-Between sometimes sounds as though he is just about ready to have a heart attack.....but, IMO, that is part of the mix that adds wit to his posts.
Mr. In-Between's reply to the OP is 100% correct and, IIRC, there were other past threads that discussed this point.
KellyXY either misunderstood his government teacher, or the government teacher is wrong.
The link provided about the 20th Amendment talks about when only the President-elect (and not the Vice-President-elect) dies. If both are dead, then at noon on Inauguration Day there is neither a President nor a Vice President available, and therefore whatever law on the books dealing with presidential succession kicks in. It may have not been my teacher, but I did read an article in 2000 that if the election could not be resolved then the Speaker at the time (Dennis Hastert) would assume control.
For those who would like the lame-duck administration to remain in control, sorry there are no circumstances that can happen if neither the outgoing President nor the outgoing Vice President were in the running this time.
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re the bolded.
?........because the OP is not asking that/doesn't make that qualification in the original post. Based on the text as showing in the original post, Mr. In-Between is correct.
I agree with you that Mr. In-Between sometimes sounds as though he is just about ready to have a heart attack.....but, IMO, that is part of the mix that adds wit to his posts.
