Clarifications on primary rules

[jamese777]

2. I think an indictment is unlikely

because Loretta Lynch, a Democrat is Attorney General; but if that were to happen, the Vice Presidential nominee would be most likely become the party's nominee. However both the Republican and the Democratic parties have rules in their bylaws governing how to fill the vacancy. The Party Chair calls a meeting of the National Committee, and the Committee members at the meeting vote to fill the vacancy on the ticket. A candidate must receive a majority of the votes to win the party's nod.

The same process would happen if the vacancy were to occur after the general election but before the Electoral College voting. If a vacancy should occur on the winning ticket, it would then be the party's responsibility to fill it and provide a candidate for whom their electors could vote.