Number: RS22992
Title: The President-Elect: Succession and Disability Issues During the Transition Period
Authors: Thomas H. Neale, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: Succession and disability procedures concerning the President-elect and Vice President-elect provide a potential complicating factor during the transition period. They are based on a combination of political party rules, federal law and constitutional provisions, different elements of which apply during three distinct periods in the transition period. Depending on circumstances, Congress could be called on to make decisions of national importance in questions of either the death or disability of a President- or Vice- President-elect.
Pages: 6
Date: November 26, 2008