So, exactly what happens if Trump dies before the election?

[GarColga]

Does Pence move up to the top spot and select a running mate? Does the GOP select a new candidate? What happens to the ballots of all the people that already voted for Trump?

[WheelWalker]

1. They burn the carcass.

[Sancho]

9. I'd light the fire...

[LiberalFighter]

13. That was my thought.

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And if they do like the Vikings they would burn Pence too.

[Talitha]

19. Hahahahaha!!!! Oooh, that's cold but I love it!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. Whatever's left of the EPA may still have rules against that amount of methane

being incinerated at one time.

[BamaRefugee]

2. Bill Barr announces he is now in charge. Permanently.

[doc03]

3. I have some fireworks I saved from the 4th nt

[Dem2theMax]

4. We have a party?

I know you were asking a serious question.
But that was the first thought that popped into my head.

[Tribetime]

5. This

[Funtatlaguy]

6. Dead people have been elected. Seriously. But, I don't know ur answer.

[still_one]

7. 25th amendment, yes trump assumes presidency. The RNC could select a new candidate, but since it is

30 days from election, the election proceeds as is

If Biden wins, the electors vote Biden in as President

If trump wins, and cannot serve the electors would choose the next republican president

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. This has been addressed here at least a dozen times, but let's do it again:

If Trump croaks Pence automatically becomes president per the Constitution, but it doesn't mean he's automatically the GOP's candidate for president. The GOP would have to officially select a candidate, which wouldn't necessarily have to be Pence, and that candidate would get the votes cast for the Trump/Pence ticket because it's too late to change the ballots.

[GarColga]

17. The snark is unappreciated, not everybody lives on the DU forums.

I visit here only occasionally so obviously I don't see all the threads. But your answer doesn't ring true to me. There would be people that voted for Trump/Pence that would not have voted for whoever the GOP puts up to replace Trump. What are you basing your answer on?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. I didn't make it up. The question has been floating around the internet

for days and has been answered by reputable sources.

What happens if a candidate dies ahead of the election? Both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee have rules that call for their members to vote on a replacement nominee. However, it is likely too late to replace a candidate in time for the election.

Early voting is underway, with more than 2.2 million votes cast, according to the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida. The deadline to change ballots in many states has also passed; mail ballots, which are expected to be widely used due to the coronavirus pandemic, have been sent to voters in two dozen states.

Unless Congress delays the election, voters would still choose between the Republican Trump and Democrat Joe Biden even if one died before Nov. 3.

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-10-02/what-happens-to-the-us-presidential-election-if-a-candidate-dies-or-becomes-incapacitated and https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/02/were-final-stages-presidential-election-what-happens-if-candidate-withdraws-or-dies/

It gets stickier if the winner dies after the election, but that wasn't the question.

[Renew Deal]

10. The electors that Trump wins elect someone else.

That can get much more complicated, but that’s basically it.

The party can name another candidate. It would probably be Pence. It’s probably too late for ballots to be updated in most places.

[Boogiemack]

11. He will be buried before the election. nt

[MyOwnPeace]

12. That would be sad............

I want him to SEE himself going down in flames!!!!! (and he'd better get used to the "in flames" part!)

[dchill]

15. He still loses.

[Yavin4]

16. This

But with masks on:

[Wounded Bear]

18. Well, it won't change my vote...

[marie999]

20. You don't vote for president and vice-president.

You vote for the parties members of the Electoral College. So if he dies, the party picks someone else for the members to vote for.

[Chainfire]

21. Regardless of the law or the Constitution

If Trump dies before October we will be in one hell of an electoral mess. He needs to live and be beaten fair and square. After that, he will not have much to live for, breathing or not.

[Richard D]

22. He can't be re-selected

That's enough. The rest is details.