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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat happens if a nominee is disabled/dies between the convention and the election? ?
Does the VP candidate elevate to nominee? Does the convention runner-up become nominee? Is there an emergency convention? Do both parties work the same on this? I have to think someone has covered this.
Gomez163
(2,039 posts)Algernon Moncrieff
(5,780 posts)Gomez163
(2,039 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,780 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,477 posts)Algernon Moncrieff
(5,780 posts)Between the convention and the GE.
LiberalFighter
(50,477 posts)UTUSN
(70,494 posts)I don't know the mechanics - convention reconvened? veep steps up? (why should one person/original nominee choose veep?) - but the best thing ever would be cutting the campaign to a few months!1
rug
(82,333 posts)Practically, the party would select a replacement candidate on its ballots.
Sgent
(5,857 posts)but presumably the party's elector's (from the electoral college) would get together and decide on a new candidate.
Remember you don't vote for president, you vote for an elector.
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)thesquanderer
(11,953 posts)OP is asking about after the convention, when a nominee has already been selected.
The Humphrey scenario would not happen that way today, as the nomination process has changed. However, after the nomination, yes, the party can essentially put in whoever they want.
Rex
(65,616 posts)PufPuf23
(8,687 posts)1939
(1,683 posts)In 1972, after the convention, the Democratic VP nominee (Eagleton) became embroiled in a mental illness controversy. He withdrew and the DNC appointed his successor (Shriver) with the consent of the presidential nominee. I believe the national parties are empowered by their conventions to appoint replacements in the case that one or both of the convention nominees are lost or incapacitated.
Remember, there is a lot of flying time and a campaign plane could possibly go down between the conventions and November. The nominees are not that young and a cardio-vascular event is also possible.
thesquanderer
(11,953 posts)Larry Otter, a Bucks County attorney who specializes in election law, said the provision is a safety valve in case a nominee dies, becomes incapacitated, or resigns.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/20160529_What_if_Clinton_were_indicted__post-DNC_.html
Personally, I think they'd be inclined to choose the VP nominee, as that person has already essentially been "approved" to take over if necessary. But if there is someone else they think would have a better chance of winning the election, they could go some other way.