Freeper Question About Party Nominees

self | 2/4/08 | LS

[The Pack Knight]

The closest precedent is when Tom Eagleton, the Democrat nominee for the Vice Presidency in 1972, withdrew in the face of accusations of mental illness. George McGovern, the Presidential nominee, chose Sargent Shriver to replace him, and Democratic National Committee held a special meeting and ratified his choice.

If the Republican nominee dies, the vacancy will be filled pursuant to Rule 9 of the Rules of the Republican Party.

RULE NO. 9
Filling Vacancies in Nominations

(a) The Republican National Committee is hereby authorized and empowered to fill any and all vacancies which may occur by reason of death, declination, or otherwise of the Republican candidate for President of the United States or the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States, as nominated by the national convention, or the Republican National Committee may reconvene the national convention for the purpose of filling any such vacancies.

(b) In voting under this rule, the Republican National Committee members representing any state shall be entitled to cast the same number of votes as said state was entitled to cast at the national convention.

(c) In the event that the members of the Republican National Committee from any state shall not be in agreement in the casting of votes hereunder, the votes of such state shall be divided equally, including fractional votes among the members of the Republican National Committee present or voting by proxy.

(d) No candidate shall be chosen to fill any such vacancy except upon receiving a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election.

Source: http://www.gop.com/About/Rules6-10.htm

[Salena Zito]

i see u got your answer
cheers
z

[The Pack Knight]

As for ballot access for the new candidate, that would be governed by the law of each state. Major party candidates have automatic ballot access in all 50 states, usually by virtue of the number of voters registered in each state.

If the candidate dies shortly before election day, the name of the new candidate may not appear on the ballot in all 50 states. As the votes are being cast for slates of Electors, not the actual Presidential candidates, a vote for the dead candidate would essentially be a vote for electors that will vote for his replacement.

There might be an issue as to whether electors from states that legally sanction faithless electors are legally bound to vote for their party's new candidates, but, since electors are party activists, faithless electors are exceedingly rare anyway.

This would also hold true if the candidate dies after the general election but before the Electoral College votes. One is not a President-Elect, and thus subject to succession under Section 3 of the 20th Amendment, until one has been elected by the Electoral College. Until then, the "winner" of the general election is still just a candidate under the law.

[scrabblehack]

Finally found it on the Dem side:

G. Filling a Vacancy on the National Ticket:
In the event of death, resignation or
disability of a nominee of the Party for
President or Vice President after the
adjournment of the National Convention,
the National Chairperson of the
Democratic National Committee shall
confer with the Democratic leadership of
the United States Congress and the
Democratic Governors Association and
shall report to the Democratic National
Committee, which is authorized to fill the
vacancy or vacancies.

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I’m not sure if this is relevant to my other question or not:

J. Motion to Suspend the Rules: The Chair
shall entertain a motion to suspend the
rules, which shall be decided without
debate and which shall require a vote of
two thirds of the delegates voting, a
quorum being present.

[Recovering_Democrat]

I dunno. Ask John McCain. He’d probably have his ZOMBIE rule in his stead.

[alarm rider]

Basically, given all the candidates, the possible options, consequences, etc. we are;

DOOMED

[The Pack Knight]

Wow, I gave up looking for that. Interesting that the GOP Rules are much easier to find.

[Loud Mime]

Yes, I got a good laugh out of that comment as well.

[LS]

That’s it. Thank you. About what I figured.

[Matchett-PI]

ROTFLMAO!!! bttt

[Bigg Red]

If Obama wins on Tuesday, that’ll be a great question for Democrats.

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Yeah, especially if he gets invited to a Marcy Park picnic or takes a plane ride.

[Syncro]

He’s on thin ice.

Teddy could offer him a ride.

Double trouble for the Obamer