If Trump Kicks the Bucket from Covid, All the ballots are null & void????

[Politicalgolfer]

Think about it....what a hell of a mess ..... And red meat for Republicans to drag postponement of the election to the Supreme Court!

[napi21]

1. I don't think so. That's why you vote for a Prez & a VP! nt

[Claustrum]

2. Yes. The ticket is Trump and Pence. Unless both are gone, it shouldn't matter.

[LisaL]

5. Even if both are gone, it's still the ticket.

As far as I can tell.

[LisaL]

3. I don't think so. It's too late to change a ticket now.

Not sure what the rules are, but the names stay on the ballot regardless.

[SlogginThroughIt]

10. Not sure about president but in MN Wellstone died

Not sure about president but in MN Wellstone died running for Gov and Mondale stepped in but I believe the ballots were already printed.

[EarlG]

4. So you're saying

If Trump dies, it could end up being good for him?

[jorgevlorgan]

6. No pence become president if Trump wins

The vp replaces the president in the case of their death

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. We've been over this a million times; the election can't be postponed.

And if Trump croaks before the election the party has to choose a replacement. It's happened before. Here's how it works: https://people.howstuffworks.com/what-happens-presidential-candidate-dies.htm

[drray23]

8. Its a bit more complicated.

If a nominee dies before the election, their party can select somebody else. Now, I am not sure about what would happen to ballots already cast and if they would have time to print new ones before November 3rd.

[Politicalgolfer]

12. Those are the ones I'm talking about

The ones already cast....and, like I said, the Repubs will run to the court on this. Look at whatever state just had to reissue ballots because of some Green Party candidate that won their case to be on the ballot. IOW, trying to invalidate all early & mail in ballots!

[Statistical]

16. There is no need for new ballots. You don't vote for Biden/Teump

You vote for electors to the electoral college who are pledge to vote for Biden or Trump. They aren't obligated to do so.

Zero chance is required. That being said Trump is losing and if Trump is dead his ticket has certainly lost due to the depressed turnout.

[drray23]

18. actually they lost the case on appeal and they did not reprint anything.nt.

[ramblin_dave]

9. We don't vote directly for Trump or Biden

We vote for a slate of electors to the Electoral College. They could pick someone else if a candidate dies.

[Drunken Irishman]

11. No because we're not technically voting on the president anyway...

We're voting on electors.

If Biden wins, then it becomes irrelevant.

If Trump-Pence win, then it becomes a mess.

There's no guarantee that Pence would become President on January, 2021. Instead, the electors would be free to vote for whomever they want. They would theoretically vote for Pence but they're not required to.

[Statistical]

13. No you don't vote for the Pres/VP you vote for the electors

If Trump's electors win they could vote for anyone. In fact that was one of the rationales for the electoral college in the first place.

Most likely the electors would vote for Pence and then Pence would name a new VP.

Of course I strongly believe Biden will win even if Trump is alive and if Trump is dead before election day the chances of Biden winning go to 99.9%.

[Blue_true]

14. No. The election still happens. nt

[Hekate]

15. Not at all. Order of succession is President, Vice President, Speaker of the House. nt

[Nevilledog]

17. But on the plus side, he'd be dead. There's always a silver lining.