There is a fallback if no one undisputed is set to be sworn in on Jan. 20. According to the 1947 law establis>hing the line of succession to the president, if the president and vice president are unable to be inaugurated, an "acting president" takes over until the situation is resolved. First in line would be the speaker of the House, and second would be the president pro tempore of the Senate, as long as the official resigned their seat in Congress. Beyond those two positions is a list of cabinet positions. https://cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/six-scenarios-confusion-counting-2020-ballots-not-just-scary
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Speaker of the House is 3rd in line to succession.
Yes, it goes President, VP, Speaker Of The House...
Yeah
So...
If Biden is deemed unfit, it goes to VP, and if something happens to VP we get this and this
Btw, she’s been in politics since 1987, 33 years ago. But I’m, like, totally sure she will do things this year as an 80 year old.
This is if the election goes on too long because they can't count all the mail-in ballots
Hopefully, Durham will see to it that she is "unavailable".