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From: ajaym@ihu1h.UUCP (Jay Mitchell)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: what happens if Reagan dies?
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Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 23:20:37 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  4 23:20:37 1984
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Actually, the time is actually divided up into even further increments
as follows:

1) If the president-elect dies between now and the mid-December Electoral
   College convention, national party rules would still hold. In effect, the
   College members would be able to vote for who their party wants them to
   vote for. Actually of course, they could potentially meet and vote for
   whomever they wanted.

2) If the president-elect dies between the College meeting and the time
   Congress counts the votes, Congress would still be forced to count the
   votes and declsre the dead man the winner (No Joke). At that time, the
   following case would hold.

3) If the president-elect dies between the counting of the votes and
   Inauguration Day, the vice-president-elect would become president-elect
   and would have the opportunity to nominate hice vice-president-elect.
   This nomination would have to be approved for Congress.

4) AND FINALLY, if both president- and vice-president-elect are dead by
   Inauguration Day, the order of succession (Secy. of State, etc.)
   hold temporarily until Congress chooses a president.
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