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Let's be realistic - the election happens regardless of what the President wants. For obvious reasons, he does not control the election. ...but for the sake o

Let's be realistic - the election happens regardless of what the President wants. For obvious reasons, he does not control the election. ...but for the sake of argument, if a comet hit the Earth and cancelled the election, then the terms of both the President and the Vice President would end, and the Leader of the Senate would become the President.

mcphage 6y ago
Hmm, if it's just by the order of succession, I thought that the Speaker of the House was 3rd?
- psadauskas 6y ago
  The Speaker of the House's term expires every two years, as well, so we wouldn't have one of those, either.
  - mcphage 6y ago
    Ah, right. Thanks :-)
  - Simulacra 6y ago
    The Speaker has no term, but the Representative does.
  - dllthomas 6y ago
    The Speaker for the House doesn't need to be a member of Congress (though always has been). It's not clear to me that we would not have a Speaker.
- Simulacra 6y ago
  President, VP, Speaker, President of the Senate.