Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1h.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!ihu1h!ajaym From: ajaym@ihu1h.UUCP (Jay Mitchell) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: what happens if Reagan dies? Message-ID: <412@ihu1h.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 23:20:37 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1h.412 Posted: Tue Dec 4 23:20:37 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 02:59:46 EST References: <301@bonnie.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 27 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. -- ------------------------- Jay Mitchell ihnp4!ihu1h!ajaym -------------------------