Number: RL31338
Title: Disqualification, Death or Ineligibility of the Winner of a Congressional Election
Authors: Jack Maskell, American Law Division 
Abstract: This report addresses the issue of what happens when, in an election for the United States Senate or House of Representatives, the electorate of a state or of a congressional district gives the most votes to a candidate on the ballot who, because of constitutional disqualification, death, or other disability, is ineligible to serve in the Senate or in the House.
Pages: 19
Date: Updated March 20, 2002