Commentary On Elections-Part Seventy-Six (Session One-Seven)

Commentary On Elections-Part Seventy-Six (Session One)

Current law states that if the Vice-President Of The United States (VPOTUS) is no longer able to serve for the remainder of the regular term, the replacement (Acting VPOTUS) should be chosen by the President Of The United States. This law needs to be changed as it makes the office of POTUS too Imperial Democratic. This will breed tyranny due to a conflict of interest and also due to overlapping of responsibilities as the POTUS has both authority in the executive and legislative branches of federal government. The Acting VPOTUS is the Acting President Of The U.S. Senate.

Commentary On Elections-Part Seventy-Six (Session Two)

As current law allows the President of the United States (POTUS) to choose the Acting Vice-President of the United States if the present Vice-President Of The United States (VPOTUS) is unable to serve. As cited previously the current law regarding this choosing is Imperial Democratic and it needs to be changed.

Considering the VPOTUS is the President of the United States Senate, allowing the U.S. Senate to choose the Acting VPOTUS would also be Imperial Democratic. The members of this federal legislative body would obviously be involved in a conflict of interest if they chose the officeholder who would preside over them. Only an officeholder independent of their choosing should do the presiding over their legislative body.

Commentary On Elections-Part Seventy-Six (Session Three)

If the current VPOTUS is unable to serve, neither the POTUS nor the members of the U.S. Senate should choose the replacement (Acting VPOTUS) because that would be Imperial Democratic as too much power would be centralized on the Presidency and in the U.S. Senate. Since the U.S. Senate should be barred from choosing the Acting VP, obviously no U.S. Senate officer and/or member should be chosen for this role for the same reason.

Commentary On Elections-Part Seventy-Six (Session Four)

If the current VPOTUS is unable to serve, neither the electors, the state legislatures, nor the individual members of the U.S. House of Representatives via majority should choose the replacement (Acting VPOTUS) because that would be direct democratic. Insufficient power would be allocated to the federal government as a result of the foregoing because this dilutes authority. It is highly imperative that the Acting Vice-President be accountable to a particular federal legislative body.

Since the majority of members of the U.S. House of Representatives on an individual basis should be barred from choosing the Acting VP, obviously no U.S. House of Representative officer nor any of its members should be chosen for this role for the same reason. It would be too direct democratic. Too much dilution of power means lack of concentration of power in federal government. This would result if the Acting VP was not chosen by a federal political body.

The next post will cite the entity which should choose the Acting VP and how they should make this choosing.

Commentary On Elections-Part Seventy-Six (Session Five)

If the current VPOTUS is unable to finish his/her term, the Representative Democratic process must be used in choosing the replacement (Acting VPOTUS). If the Imperial Democratic or direct democratic process is used, this will breed tyranny. The only way to "bottle up" tyranny is to employ the Representative Democratic means in choosing the Acting VPOTUS.

The members of the House of Representatives must choose the Acting VPOTUS but not individually. They must do so collectively on a state by state basis with a state being assigned one electoral vote. The majority of these federal legislative lower house members per state, either in an outright manner or through Ranked Choice voting, makes that state's choice for Acting VPOTUS.

The candidate for Acting VPOTUS who obtains the majority of these electoral votes becomes the Acting Vice-President for the remainder of the Vice-Presidential term. If no candidate receives that mandate, then the following measure outlined in the next post has to be applied.

Commentary On Elections-Part Seventy-Six (Session Six)

If a candidate for Acting Vice-President Of The United States cannot be chosen by the majority of members in the United States House of Representatives voting on a state by state basis, then the Speaker Of The House Of Representatives (SOTH) must serve as Acting VPOTUS.

The United States Senate must decide individually by its highest number of votes who the Acting Speaker Of The House Of Representatives (SOTH) will be for the remainder of the SOTH's term.

Commentary On Elections-Part Seventy-Six (Session Seven)

If the current VPOTUS is unable to serve in office, whatever the reason may be, an Interim VPOTUS must serve until an Acting VPOTUS is chosen. The Interim VPOTUS should be the leading officer in the U.S. Senate who has the most authority in having the U.S. Senate carry out its functions and perform its duties.

If the Speaker Of The House of Representatives (SOTH) has to become the Acting VPOTUS, the leading officer in the U.S. House Of Representatives who has the most authority in having the U.S. House Of Representatives carry out its functions and perform its duties becomes the Interim SOTH. The Interim SOTH serves until the Acting SOTH is chosen by the members of the U.S. Senate on a plurality basis.