Good question. When Tom Eagleton dropped out as McGovern’s VP, the choice of Sargent Shriver was approved by the DNC.
I have looked in vain for standing rules of the Democrat or Republican party and have not found any.
(I wondered about it when someone suggested that the 2004 Democrat convention adjourn without nominating anyone — I forget why — maybe it was so that spending limits for John Kerry wouldn’t kick in until a certain date...anyway, I thought that a delegate could raise an objection to adjournment, saying that the convention hadn’t finished its business.)
In the election of 1872, Presidential candidate Horace Greeley died Nov 29, 1872.
Thomas Hendricks received 42 of his electoral votes,
VP Candidate Benjamin Gratz Brown received 18,
Greeley received 3 votes not counted, and
3 votes were scattered.
In the VP count,
Brown received 47 votes, and the remaining 19 votes were scattered.
I’m not quite sure how Hendricks got to be the unofficial Democratic nominee.
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