Who appoints the vice president when the office is vacant?
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Amendment XXV, Article 2:  "Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both houses of Congress."
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Incumbent- person who currently holds a specific office. GW Bush is the incumbent president.\nPundit- 1 who comments on the news, particularly political news.\nBill O'Reilly & Chris Matthews are pundits.
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The Senate is presided over by the Vice President, currently Dick Cheney
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The speaker of the house is the third in line to become president if both the president and vice president are incapasitated.
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The total number of years a person can serve as president is 10.  Example:  Say President Bush is unable to serve the remaining 2 years of his presidency (after January 20, 2007) Vice President Cheney would serve the remaining time of President Bush's term.  Then Vice President Cheney could serve 2 full four-year terms.
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There is no official designation for the position.\n\nThey are usually just referred to by name, such as "Mrs. Cheney."
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The President would nominate the replacement, and the replacement would have to be confirmed by the Senate.  (This happened when Nixon nominated Ford to replace Spiro Agnew.  Ford, incidentally, became the first President to never be elected either President or Vice President.)
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Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States are elected every four years indirectly through the United States Electoral College. They are the only nationally-elected offices in the United States, since executive officers and judges are appointed, United States Senators are elected at the state level, and United States Representatives are elected at the district level.\n\nOn election day, the voting public selects its preferred candidate, usually by voting for a slate of electors put forward by the candidate's party. The ballots for each voting citizen typically has the names of the candidates for President and Vice President (running together on a ticket), and votes for those individuals translate at the state level into votes for the electors chosen from their respective parties. Although State Legislatures have the constitutional power to appoint slates of electors, all fifty states have established popular election of presidential electors. In December, following the general election, Electors gather at their respective State capitals to cast their ballots, which are then transmitted to Congress under the care of the sitting Vice President of the United States. Originally, under Article 2, the electors cast two votes for the office of President, the individual with the most votes becoming President, the runner up becoming Vice President. This changed with the 12th amendment, with each elector casting one vote for President and one vote for Vice President. The ballots are counted and certified in January before both houses of Congress. Should a candidate for either President or Vice President fail to achieve a majority of votes, the United States House of Representatives (voting by state) chooses the next president from among the candidates while the United States Senate (voting normally) selects the vice president.
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A prime minister is elected from parliament to be the head of the government.  A president is completely separate from the legislative body.  A vice president is usually pretty powerless - fulfilling the duties the president can't or doesn't want to do.
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There is nothing in the Constitution that says the Vice President must be a "natural born" citizen. It only states that for the President. But, originally, the President and Vice President were not on the ballot together. The person with the most electoral votes became President, and the person with the second most electoral votes became Vice President. So both were running for President, and both would need to fulfill the requirements. That was changed when the 12th Amendment was ratified in 1804. Since then, the electors vote for a President and a Vice President. \n\nIf it did happen (extremely unlikely), the order of succession would have to skip over the Vice President then, and the second in line would then be the Speaker of the House. You can't overrule the Constitution just because the Vice President was not born a citizen.
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The current president (lame duck) would finish his term and the Vice president would assume the presidency. Since this has never happened before, I'm sure someone would try to get a new election in progress.
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She just has to be appointed by the President.
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There is no provision in the Constitution for a recall election.  The only process for removal of a sitting president is through impeachment, OR a determination by the Vice-President and a majority of the cabinet that the President is "unable to discharge the the powers and duties of his office,"  In either case the Vice-President would take over as acting president.   Think about it.
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1.) President makes the appointment.\n2.) The Senate must confirm the appointment by majority vote.\n\nFrom Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution:\n"...and he (the President) shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate ... Judges of the supreme Court..."
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Amendment XXV to the Constitution answers your question:\nAmendment XXV\nSection 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. \n\n\nSection 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. \n\n\nSection 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President. \n\n\nSection 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. \n\n\nThereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office. \n\n\nSo the Pres gets the first word, but his Cabinet can overrule along with the VP, or Congress may override with either a standing or a special body.\n\nMore than you'd ever want to know on the 25th Amendment is here:\nhttp://millercenter.virginia.edu/programs/natl_commissions/past_commissions/comm_1988.pdf\n(PDF)
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President of the Senate. He is also known as Vice President of the United States. He has no vote, unless it is for a tie breaker. In his absence, the President pro tempore runs the Senate.
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The Vice President is still a part of the team elected to serve the current term.  He is therefore still in office and it would be his elected responsibility to complete the term as President after the President dies no matter how short of a term that may be.  The terms of the Executive Branch  are very clearly outlined by our Constitution and the helm of the government would be handled according to the law that has been set for it.