Power to Call Special Election for President/Vice President

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1. When Article VII, Section 10’s double-vacancy special-election procedure applies, when must Congress convene without ne…
2. Under Article VII, Section 10, what is the prescribed period for holding the special election measured from the call?
3. Under the final sentence of Article VII, Section 10, when shall no special election be called because of proximity to t…
4. The Vice-President resigns, but the President remains in office and able to serve. Legislators propose a Section 10 spe…
5. The President dies during the term while the Vice-President is qualified and able to serve. A group argues that Congres…
6. Both the President and Vice-President validly leave office twenty months before the next presidential election. Congres…
7. A qualifying vacancy in both executive offices occurs well outside the eighteen-month exception. Congress follows Secti…
8. Both the presidency and vice-presidency become vacant during the term, well outside the eighteen months preceding the n…
9. Both the President and Vice-President validly leave office seventeen months before the next presidential election. May …
10. Distinguish the constitutional mechanism for filling an in-term vacancy only in the vice-presidency from the special-el…
11. Within how many days must Congress enact the special-election law after convening under Article VII, Section 10?
12. Under Article VII, Section 10, the special-election appropriations shall be charged against what?