Posted: 8/30/2008 5:59:44 PM EDT
| In the event that the President elect dies before taking office, the Vice President elect becomes President, but what would happen if they both die before taking office? Does that mean Nancy Pelosi would be prez? |
Yes. Presidential line of succession Vice President and President of the Senate Speaker of the House of Representatives President pro tempore of the Senate Secretary of State Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Defense Attorney General Secretary of the Interior Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Labor Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Energy Secretary of Education Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary of Homeland Security |
| There is a law that would allow the current president to stay in office until an new one could be elected/selected. I don't think that this is a situation that would allow Pelosi to become prez. In addition, unless they both die at the same time, the VP/now president would be able to select another VP. And this new VP would become president. |
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20th Amendment, Section 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified. |
