Monday, October 05, 2020

AP EXPLAINS: What happens if a candidate for president dies?


https://news.yahoo.com/ap-explains-happens-candidate-president-133531858.html


STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
,Associated Press•October 4, 2020

It's a month before Election Day and President Donald Trump is in the hospital, infected with a virus that has killed more than 209,000 Americans. What happens in the election — already well underway — should his condition take a turn for the worse?

If the president is unable to serve, through illness or death, the 25th Amendment makes clear the powers of the presidency transfer to Vice President Mike Pence until the president regains the ability to perform his duties.

But what happens if a candidate for president dies before Election Day? Or right after? What happens if the winning candidate dies before Inauguration Day?


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