Question for DU experts on the US Constitution: [View All]

[Redstone]

I'm kind of ashamed that I don't know the answer to this question (although nobody else seems to know either), and that I'm too lazy to go through the copy of the Constitution contained in several of my dictionaries, but I'll ask anyway:

If a President-elect dies after the election, but before the Inauguration, does the Vice-President-Elect go on to be President on Inauguration Day, or is there a new election?

I absolutely KNOW there are numerous someones on DU who know the answer.

Thanks in advance,

Redstone