Commentary On Elections-Part Sixty-Eight (Session Eight)

If none of the candidates for both President and Vice-President qualify, the U.S. Constitution calls for both houses of Congress to pass a law to deal with this dilemma. Currently the law establishes a line of succession. If all candidates for both these two head executive positions fail to receive the majority approval from the electors or from the federal legislative house members who voted in their selection, then the Speaker of the U.S. House Of Representatives takes over the Presidency and then selects the Vice-President for the coming term.

In the most recent post prior to this, it was cited that majority approval from US House of Representatives was needed to choose the VPOTUS and that the US Constitution needed to be amended. However if both POTUS and VPOTUS offices remain vacant, then it is indeed in accordance to the ideals of Representative Democracy for the U.S. House Speaker to choose the next VPOTUS considering the dire circumstances of the situation. When a situation is desperate and urgent, extra authority and powers should be assigned to that specific officeholder so that Representative Governance is maintained.

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