The election is halted, and nominations must be re-submitted, preferably with completely new nominees. after a period of a few weeks for new campaigning, another vote takes place and we try again and again until the parties decide to get their heads out of their asses and put forward good candidates, not just whatever stooge will work for the donors.
Elections typically take place quite a while before their inauguration. there's time enough for 2 or even 3 re-runs before the inauguration. you could even bump the election up a little earlier just to increase that buffer. in the event that there are too many re-runs and it runs over inauguration day, the seat is left vacant until we can sort it out. i know that sounds scary, but it's not so bad, it just means, in some cases, the government won't be able to pass anything until it's resolved.
New election, the two people running are executed for Senate seats and the president, offices below that are barred from holding public office below that.
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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17
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