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What happens if a candidate passes away before being elected?
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:28 pm
For example if Biden or Trump or BOTH pass away in Oct what happens?
Does kamela go up right away? Someone who did student government let me know
Does kamela go up right away? Someone who did student government let me know
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Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:34 pm to fareplay
The ballot space belongs to the party. They would place someone else on the ballot.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:37 pm to fareplay
Biden has been dead for two years (essentially)
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:37 pm to fareplay
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For example if Biden or Trump or BOTH pass away in Oct what happens?
Does kamela go up right away? Someone who did student government let me know
Obviously Kamala becomes POTUS immediately. But the other poster is correct...the party officials would have to determine who is on the ballot in November. And it would be extremely difficult for them to boot an African American female incumbent President in favor of a pretty white guy.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:37 pm to fareplay
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This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:40 pm to fareplay
ABC News has been gameplanning this since January.
What if Biden or Trump suddenly leaves the 2024 race?
How each party could replace its front-runner if he drops out unexpectedly.
What if Biden or Trump suddenly leaves the 2024 race?
How each party could replace its front-runner if he drops out unexpectedly.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:40 pm to RonLaFlamme
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The ballot space belongs to the party. They would place someone else on the ballot.
Would that come down to the DNC and RNC convention and delegates or not so?
I'm only asking because I sure do not know.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:43 pm to chili pup
It is a timing thing.
If the candidate dies or withdraws before the convention, the convention delegates pick the candidate.
If it is after the convention, it is a somewhat unprecedented situation.
I believe the theory is that the party picks the new candidate but there are limits to how successful you will be airdropping a new candidate in as opposed to moving the VP candidate up the ballot, simply because no one fricking voted for the person airdropped in.
If the candidate dies or withdraws before the convention, the convention delegates pick the candidate.
If it is after the convention, it is a somewhat unprecedented situation.
I believe the theory is that the party picks the new candidate but there are limits to how successful you will be airdropping a new candidate in as opposed to moving the VP candidate up the ballot, simply because no one fricking voted for the person airdropped in.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 3:11 pm to teke184
Hopefully someone buries him before he stinks the place up.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 3:22 pm to Gifman
"Biden is shot" DJT
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 4/18/24 at 3:27 pm to fareplay
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What happens if a candidate passes away before being elected?
That's how Jean Carnahan got appointed to Congress. Her husband died before the election, but they left his name on the ballot with the understanding that she would be appointed to take his place.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 3:58 pm to teke184
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If it is after the convention, it is a somewhat unprecedented situation. I believe the theory is that the party picks the new candidate but there are limits to how successful you will be airdropping a new candidate in as opposed to moving the VP candidate up the ballot, simply because no one fricking voted for the person airdropped in.
Just remember that is where the Electoral College steps in.
On the ballot you are not voting for President. You are voting for a set of electors to hopefully vote for that candidate for president. The electors are not beholden to the candidate they ran under, as some in the past have changed their vote as as unfaithful electors.
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That's how Jean Carnahan got appointed to Congress. Her husband died before the election, but they left his name on the ballot with the understanding that she would be appointed to take his place.
Those laws would be dependent on the date for Senate or Congressional elections. For Senate, the governor can nominate a Senator to replace one that has died in office or resigns until the next election. That was how J Bennett Johnson got a little more seniority than his colleagues because when he was elected in 1972, he took over the remaining term of Allen Ellender who had passed away in July. Edwin Edwards nominated his wife 1st wife, Elaine Edwards, to fill the term until the election.
The House is a little more complicated and some times those seats go vacant until a new election is held.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 4/18/24 at 4:06 pm to Tarps99
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The electors are not beholden to the candidate they ran under, as some in the past have changed their vote as as unfaithful electors.
Lots of states have laws preventing this.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 4:11 pm to Indefatigable
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Lots of states have laws preventing this.
Do you think that would stop a Democrat from pressuring a Republican to switch?
Meanwhile a Republican pressuring a Democrat to switch would be election interference.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 4:11 pm to fareplay
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For example if Biden or Trump or BOTH pass away in Oct what happens?
Hopefully not a Julia Letlow situation with Jill Biden.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:20 pm to Tarps99
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Do you think that would stop a Democrat from pressuring a Republican to switch?
Yes. Many States do not allow it and the elector would be invalidated and replaced prior to the EV’s being certified by the State.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:22 pm to fareplay
Idk but if everyone stopped voting we’d be free from the government
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:26 pm to fareplay
They bury them.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:31 pm to Born2rock
And people claim they must’ve been assassinated
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:50 pm to fareplay
Then we know the Clintons are on the move.
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