You can call me whatever you feel necessary to the situation, but my comment was an honest one......I wasn't sure if there were protocols in place to cover such a situation of both nominees somehow not making it until the election. And so far only one poster has actually answered my question with a link to back it up. But it is only for the Republican party.
Maybe with your Democratic insight you could provide a factual answer for your party's protocol under such circumstances...
why did you ignore all of my posts but one? I already laid it out for you and no links are needed.
my post: "Their is a process for selecting a replacement, give time. If time is short I believe what another posted, in that the parties and PACs would suggest write-in candidates. A 3rd party candidate like Johnson stands little to no chance. If Hillary stumbles, Trump is still in. If rump stumble, Hillary is still in. If both stumbled? Highly improbable."
Reply to this: "their VPs are next in line .."
here: "No. They are not the party nominee" (for President) "VPs are nominees. (for VP) The party votes for them. The people do not select nominees for President or VP. The people vote to send delegates to vote. It's called representative democracy..."
post: "their VPs are next in line .."
reply by somebody else: "For nomination -- maybe, if the party wants it that way and it's before the election. But if it's after and they're not in the office yet I don't think they succeed. I suspect it throws to the House."
My reply: "If it is after the election? No one has been sworn in yet, but there is a team of 'elects' The people have already voted and the electoral college would have already certified. I would guess the VP steps up. There are rules for the House stepping in only during the electoral college process"
So I am back and forth on how and if it is the VP nominee, or the VP elect. They are two totally different scenarios. Now why are you either being too defensive (as witness your OP about the type of responses you inferred your op would bring on), or playing Mickey the dunce?
OK I looked it up. Somebody had to.
In chronological order -- if a nominated candidate is removed/incapacitated before Election Day (this example is from 2008):
>> Each party has its own protocol for this scenario, but in neither case does the running mate automatically take over the ticket. If John McCain were to die before the election, the
rules of the Republican Party authorize the Republican National Committee to fill the vacancy, either by reconvening a national convention or by having RNC state representatives vote. The new nominee must receive a majority vote to officially become the party candidate. If Barack Obama were to die before the election, the Democratic Party's
charter and bylaws state that responsibility for filling that vacancy would fall to the Democratic National Committee, but the rules do not specify how exactly the DNC would go about doing that. (Congress could also pass a special statute and push back Election Day, giving the dead candidate's party time to regroup.) <<
If after Election Day but before the Electoral College meets, which is where the POTUS actually gets elected:
>> There's no federal law that mandates how electors must cast their votes; theoretically, if the candidate to whom they were pledged dies and their party has not made a preferred successor clear, electors can vote for their party's VP candidate, a third-party candidate, or a leading preconvention contender within their own party. Under this scenario, however, individual state laws have the potential to make things murky, given that each state has the power to determine exactly how its electoral votes are to be cast and distributed. <<
--- and if after the EC votes but before Inauguration Day:
>>
The 20th Amendment states that if the president-elect dies before beginning his term, then the vice president-elect assumes his or her spot. However, the point at which a candidate officially becomes "president-elect" is debatable. He or she definitely assumes the title after Jan. 6, when a joint session of Congress officially counts the Electoral College votes and declares a winner. But the shift could be said to occur immediately after the Electoral College vote. (See Pages 2 and 3 of
this PDF article from the
Arkansas Law Review.)
If a candidate dies after Dec. 15 but before Jan. 6, Congress, when it convenes, has to decide whether to count the votes cast for him. (In 1872, three electoral votes cast for the late Horace Greeley were discounted by Congress, but it's unclear whether votes cast for a living candidate who subsequently dies would be treated the same way.) <<
