Would Pence, unless he declined,

[frogmarch]

automatically replace trump on the ticket if trump can't run? If so, why? Would that be included in his responsibilities as VP? Along that same line of thinking, would someone, maybe Kamala, automatically replace Biden on the ticket if he couldn't run? If that's how it works, how would the VP nominees be chosen?

I don't get it.

[lame54]

1. Pence is already on the ballot

[frogmarch]

2. Oh. Thanks.

I missed that.

EDIT: What I meant to say was, I didn't know that the VP nominee would automatically replace the POTUS nominee.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. The balloots stay as is

It would just be understood that Pence will be the President, he can then make a statement of who his choice for VP will be, but the ballot still says Trump-Pence.

Also, Dems could take it to court if they lose.

[beachbumbob]

4. RNC as there rules about what to do if either candidate can;t serve, they can actually name

a president after the election if they win

[zaj]

5. *** Read This ***

...what happens with the election? Does an incapacitated (or worse) Trump stay on the ballot?

He very likely does.


The Republican party’s rules to replace a presidential candidate on the ballot—because of illness, death, or withdrawal—outline two options. The first is to have the 168 members of the Republican National Convention (RNC) select another candidate by a simple majority vote. The second is to reconvene the actual convention, with the 2550 delegates who named Trump the nominee, and pick an alternative to put on the ballot.

However, it’s too late for that. The vote will have to happen between 10 and 20 days after RNC members (or convention delegates) are convened, which would mean the decision wouldn’t be reached till about two weeks from Nov. 3.

People have already been voting for weeks around the country (and the world), and since the election likely won’t be postponed, those votes would have to be counted. Ballot access deadlines have passed in all states, so it’s simply too late to change the ballot.

This doesn’t make Pence the default candidate either: While he would replace Trump till the end of the presidency, he is not the automatic substitute nominee.

So, who decides then, if not the Republican party? The electoral college does.

Most states have some kind of regulation as to how members of the electoral college should vote. In those states, what they would be allowed to do would depend on whether there are explicit provisions about voting for a replacement presidential candidate. In the states where such rules don’t exist, the state elector can simply make their choice.

https://qz.com/1912440/who-is-the-republican-nominee-if-trump-dies-before-the-election/