A short question

[animehater]

If a president elect dies before being inaugurated who takes over? Will the current president reamain in office while they have a new election or something ? What really.

[morefngdbs]

At 12/2/07 02:38 PM, animehater wrote: If a president elect dies before being inaugurated who takes over?

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Isn't that why you ahave a vice president ?
I'm not American , but I thought that if something happens to a president, the Vice president steps up .

[animehater]

At 12/2/07 02:41 PM, morefngdbs wrote: I'm not American , but I thought that if something happens to a president, the Vice president steps up .

I'm saying president- elect as in he's not officially president yet.

[morefngdbs]

At 12/2/07 02:53 PM, animehater wrote: I'm saying president- elect as in he's not officially president yet.

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Right I understand, but doesn't the President elect have a vice president (elect ?) already picked out?
that's what I meant, sorry for the confusion.

[animehater]

At 12/2/07 02:57 PM, morefngdbs wrote: Right I understand, but doesn't the President elect have a vice president (elect ?) already picked out?
that's what I meant, sorry for the confusion.

Yea but because he isn't president yet that should mean the other guy shouldn't be vice president either and that's where the problem lies.

[LordJaric]

At 12/2/07 03:07 PM, animehater wrote:

At 12/2/07 02:57 PM, morefngdbs wrote: Right I understand, but doesn't the President elect have a vice president (elect ?) already picked out?
that's what I meant, sorry for the confusion.

Yea but because he isn't president yet that should mean the other guy shouldn't be vice president either and that's where the problem lies.

The people voted for that person to become president, which means they also voted for the other guy to take his place if he died.

[animehater]

At 12/2/07 03:12 PM, LordJaric wrote: The people voted for that person to become president, which means they also voted for the other guy to take his place if he died.

So you're saying he would take the oath even though he wasn't really intended for it? I just thought the president would be the reason for voting and the people would not be concerned with the running mate.

[Empanado]

At 12/2/07 03:20 PM, animehater wrote:

At 12/2/07 03:12 PM, LordJaric wrote: The people voted for that person to become president, which means they also voted for the other guy to take his place if he died.

So you're saying he would take the oath even though he wasn't really intended for it? I just thought the president would be the reason for voting and the people would not be concerned with the running mate.

By that logic, what difference would it make if the president had already assumed office or not? In both cases the people wouldn't have cared about the vice-president, and as such he shouldn't take the other guy's place.
It just works in the same way. The vice-president steps in because he's the other dude that folks voted for. Whether or not the voters actually liked him, well, too bad.

[Christopherr]

At 12/2/07 02:53 PM, animehater wrote: I'm saying president- elect as in he's not officially president yet.

The VP-elect would be inaugurated as president, and the secretary of state would become the VP.

[gamshobny]

This requires very straight, deep thinking and will probably shake the foundations of science and literature alike.

new elections?

[K-RadPie]

At 12/2/07 08:19 PM, Christopherr wrote: The VP-elect would be inaugurated as president, and the secretary of state would become the VP.

I thought it was the speaker of the house after the VP.

[bcdemon]

At 12/2/07 02:38 PM, animehater wrote: Will the current president reamain in office while they have a new election or something ?

That would make for a great conspiracy huh?

President-elect dies in a tragic _______ accident. Bush remains in power till new elections can be held.

Maybe you should check over the 20th Amendment of your constitution, paragraph 3 to be exact:

3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President.

[morefngdbs]

At 12/3/07 09:41 AM, bcdemon wrote:

3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President.

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Hey, I guessed right !
Well I guess the old saying is true "Even a blind squirrel, can find a nut sometimes"

[TheMason]

Interesting question.

1) If the electoral college has met and elected the winner of the general election, then the VP would most likely become president.

However:

2) If the electoral college has NOT met and elected the president-elect then one of two things will happen:
a) The VP will be elected president by the electoral college (producing the same result as above).
b) The electoral college will elect someone else possibly of the other party, which would quite possibly through the country into a Constitutional crisis.

[TheMason]

At 12/2/07 08:19 PM, Christopherr wrote:

At 12/2/07 02:53 PM, animehater wrote: I'm saying president- elect as in he's not officially president yet.

The VP-elect would be inaugurated as president, and the secretary of state would become the VP.

No...the VP now president would select his own VP from any number of sources. There is no formalized accession for a VP vacancy like there is for the president. (Remember how Ford became VP?)