Table of Contents
- 1 What happens if the President elect fails to qualify before inauguration?
- 2 What happens if a President dies in office?
- 3 Who has the power to choose the president?
- 4 Has Section 4 of the 25th amendment been used?
- 5 What happens when Congress meets in January to review the electoral votes?
- 6 What happens to the presidency in an emergency?
What happens if the President elect fails to qualify before inauguration?
If the President-elect fails to qualify before inauguration, Section 3 of the 20th Amendment states that the Vice President-elect will act as President until such a time as a President has qualified.
What happens if a President dies in office?
If the President dies, resigns or is removed from office, the Vice President becomes President for the rest of the term. If the Vice President is unable to serve, Speaker of the House acts as President.
What does the 23th Amendment Protect?
The Amendment allows American citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for presidential electors, who in turn vote in the Electoral College for President and Vice President. In layperson’s terms, the Amendment means that residents of the District are able to vote for President and Vice President.
Who has the power to choose the president?
While Members of Congress are expressly forbidden from being electors, the Constitution requires the House and Senate to count the Electoral College’s ballots, and in the event of a tie, to select the President and Vice President, respectively.
Has Section 4 of the 25th amendment been used?
Section 4 is the only part of the Amendment that has never been used. It allows other executive officials to declare the President unable to do his job. The Vice President must agree to do this.
What happens if the winning candidate dies before the Electoral College?
Again, cue the lawyers. And if the winning candidate dies after the electoral college votes are recorded but before the results are certified, Congress could upend everything. When Congress meets in January to review the electoral votes, members are allowed to raise objections to any state’s tally.
What happens when Congress meets in January to review the electoral votes?
When Congress meets in January to review the electoral votes, members are allowed to raise objections to any state’s tally. If the two chambers agree to uphold the objection, Congress could then award that state’s electoral votes to a different person.
What happens to the presidency in an emergency?
Under ordinary circumstances — your run-of-the-mill emergencies, as it were — the succession passes from president to vice-president to speaker of the house to president pro tempore of the Senate.