Not sure where you get information, but if the president is not sworn in on inauguration day, the Speaker of the House (Pelosi) becomes acting president until someone is sworn in.
Unless I am mistaken (because this is not my area of expertise) the office would be vacant. If the Speaker cannot perform his/her duties, or is not qualified, then the President Pro Tempore of the Senate becomes acting President, but they must resign their Senate seat.
But the president elect and the vice president elect are elected together by the electoral college, which must then be counted and accepted at a joint session of Congress. If the votes are rejected, the new Vice President doesn't just get put in anyway.
Under 3 USC 19, the Speaker of the House would be the acting president.
I fail to see the relevance. Are you suggesting that only Joe Biden will be disqualified, while all of his electors are accepted, so Kamala Harris is elected Vice President with no one elected to the presidency, even in a contingent election in the House?
Not sure where you get information, but if the president is not sworn in on inauguration day, the Speaker of the House (Pelosi) becomes acting president until someone is sworn in.
Unless I am mistaken (because this is not my area of expertise) the office would be vacant. If the Speaker cannot perform his/her duties, or is not qualified, then the President Pro Tempore of the Senate becomes acting President, but they must resign their Senate seat.
Big Chungus
20th Amendment, Section 3
But the president elect and the vice president elect are elected together by the electoral college, which must then be counted and accepted at a joint session of Congress. If the votes are rejected, the new Vice President doesn't just get put in anyway.
Under 3 USC 19, the Speaker of the House would be the acting president.
Each elector casts one vote for President and a separate for Vice President.
I fail to see the relevance. Are you suggesting that only Joe Biden will be disqualified, while all of his electors are accepted, so Kamala Harris is elected Vice President with no one elected to the presidency, even in a contingent election in the House?