Blackletter
What Happens if a Presidential Candidate Dies Near the Election?
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:02:04
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Synopsis
Today the question, what happens legally if a candidate or if the president dies before the election day? Well, we all know if the president passes away that the vice president gets sworn in and he sits in that office until the election happens. But what happens if a candidate for president dies before the election happens, can a political party replace a candidate? It seems that the answer is yes, but not this year because we're too close to election day. According to associated press already 63 million ballots have been sent to voters and 3 million votes have already been cast. So it's unlikely that they'd be able to substitute a candidate. Only Congress could change the date of the election, and they're unlikely to do that this year. What happens if somebody who's elected dies before they take office, between the votes, November 3rd and January 20th at noon, when officially the sitting president's term ends and the next president's term begins? If that person dies, then the constitution, the 20th amendmen