My mom asked me today what happens if a candidate dies right before the election, and I couldn't answer her. Computer programmers rightly get pilloried for attempts to hack the political system, but at least we wouldn't have left a slew of TOCTOU bugs in the electoral process.
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The electors vote in December and the House counts the votes during the first legislative day of January (usually the 3rd). The gap from then to the 20th is *different* uncharted waters.
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Maybe as long as the choice has been made the normal rules of succession suffice. If the Pres and VP-elect die Jan 19, we should just inaugurate the speaker of the house.
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Pretty sure the rule is that electoral votes for an ineligible candidate don't count, and if that means no majority, it goes to Congress under 12A procedure, meaning the House picks from the top three eligible EV-getters; if they don't decide by Inauguration day, the VP gets it
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if the Senate ALSO didn't pick a VP in that time, then under the 20th Amendment, it goes according to statutory succession law (so the new Speaker of the House)
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