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if by some freak accident all the candidates were killed, would bush remain in power?

if by some freak accident all the candidates were killed, would bush remain in power?

No.

Hmm. I actually have no idea. There's nothing in the Consititution about uncontested elections as far as I know.

No.

then who takes power?
also: if Ron Paul staged an assasination on himself, would that catapault him into being president? assuming he runs independent

There is something about a president only being allowed two consequtive terms, though.

That is true. My guess is either the VP or the Speaker would take over. Probably the VP :D

Hmm. I actually have no idea. There's nothing in the Consititution about uncontested elections as far as I know.There is something about a president only being allowed two consequtive terms, though.

Presumably the current vice-president would have to take over, as would be the constitutional case in any other situation where the current president was unable to fulfill his duties...

That is true. My guess is either the VP or the Speaker would take over. Probably the VP :DI doubt it. The question is rather poor, as we don't know when the freak accident happened. If there hasn't been an election, there will be a scramble to toss up new candidates. Primaries aren't a legal necessity, save by party statutes. If there's been a President elect, his or her VP will likely take over. If they're both killed, I'd imagine new elections, quite possible under an interim President, would take place as soon as possible.

I doubt it. The question is rather poor, as we don't know when the freak accident happened. If there hasn't been an election, there will be a scramble to toss up new candidates. Primaries aren't a legal necessity, save by party statutes. If there's been a President elect, his or her VP will likely take over. If they're both killed, I'd imagine new elections, quite possible under an interim President, would take place as soon as possible.

Well if they are president/vice-president elect and they are killed, then the Speaker would take over as president under the law.

if by some freak accident all the candidates were killed, would bush remain in power?

no.

new candidates would be chosen and the elections would be held as usual.

Well if they are president/vice-president elect and they are killed, then the Speaker would take over as president under the law.

This. I think?

Then the living person with the most votes would become president.
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Didn't work for Ashcroft. Though that wasn't the presidency...

Ah, yes. Given the choice bewteen John Ashcroft and a corpse, the good people of Missouri voted for the corpse.

Pwned. :p

Then the living person with the most votes would become president.
?Didn't work for Ashcroft. Though that wasn't the presidency...

Hmm. I actually have no idea. There's nothing in the Consititution about uncontested elections as far as I know.

He cannot, because after Roosevelt's presidency, they amended the Constitution so that no president can serve longer than two full terms.

His time is up.

http://rules.senate.gov/hearings/2003/091603LottOpen.htm

Well if they are president/vice-president elect and they are killed, then the Speaker would take over as president under the law.

^This. The current administration is done at the same time regardless of what else happens.

if by some freak accident all the candidates were killed, would bush remain in power?

It would depend on the nature of the accident. If it were a terrorist attack or something, then yes, he probably would for a while. If it were a standard car crash or something, then no. Bush has already used up his 2 terms.

The parties would find new candidates. Or those that dropped out would drop back in.

It would depend on the nature of the accident. If it were a terrorist attack or something, then yes, he probably would for a while.

Um no. He is done in 2009 regardless of the reason.

If it were a standard car crash or something, then no. Bush has already used up his 2 terms.

His 2 terms are up anyways so it makes no difference how the candidates died.

The parties would find new candidates. Or those that dropped out would drop back in.

Depends if the election already occured or not.

As I understand the exact wording of amendment are that one can not be elected to the position of President more than two terms.

Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress."

Technically, Bush could stay in the Presidency until more candidates came forward.

As I understand the exact wording of amendment are that one can not be elected to the position of President more than two terms.



Technically, Bush could stay in the Presidency until more candidates came forward.

Constitutional Scholars would probably debate this one to death. As would Constitutional Lawyers. Be an interesting debate though.

What would likely occur is that the parties would find emergency candidates and the election would procede as normal, and whoever wins wins.

Because the candidates would likely be obscure, it's a fair chance that none of them would achieve majority of electoral college votes, and in which case the president would be chosen by the House of Representatives.