# Can a party replace their candidate after the convention? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 13, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687 "2016-05-13T15:06:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/21 "2016-05-15T23:08:38Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I interpret that to mean that she stays on the ballot no matter what. Thank you. Your reading comprehension is faulty. Ms Clinton will not be indicted. Of course she will stay on the ballot. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/22 "2016-05-16T00:49:51Z")
And if she’s indicted, or otherwise fatally damaged by the scandal, she stays on the ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/23 "2016-05-16T01:13:01Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/24 "2016-05-16T01:18:26Z")
All right, let me rephrase: her poll standings will not be sufficient to justify her removal from the ballot, no matter what the cause of those diminished poll standings. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/25 "2016-05-16T22:47:07Z")
It’s already been said, quite succinctly and eloquently: > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/26 "2016-05-16T23:47:48Z")
And if she’s hit by a meteor, she also stays on the ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/27 "2016-05-17T01:06:43Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Can a party replace their candidate after the convention? Gee, considering the title of the post, it seems odd that so much of the discussion is focused on Hillary. Actually, let’s just leave it at the one thing **adaher** has said throughout this election cycle that I can agree with. [QUOTE=adaher] Trump’s the nominee and that’s that. Once the conventions happen, the race is set. No backsies. All the Trump voters know who he is, all the Clinton voters know who she is. Feigning shock and surprise should something fatal to their candidacies come out is just silly. [/Quote] ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/28 "2016-05-17T01:54:18Z")
Don’t forget that Trump could get indicted too. The deal he made with Ben Carson could be considered felony bribery. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/29 "2016-05-17T03:38:59Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > Don’t forget that Trump could get indicted too. The deal he made with Ben Carson could be considered felony bribery. Please elaborate. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/30 "2016-05-17T07:16:00Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And if she’s hit by a meteor, she also stays on the ballot. If she survives it, sure.🙂 Death is an extraordinary circumstance. Indictment as the end result of an FBI investigation is not. When you nominate someone under investigation, you accept the risk that entails. Sure, the risk is small, but your side has accepted that risk. If they lose that bet, too bad. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/31 "2016-05-17T07:18:34Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > Don’t forget that Trump could get indicted too. The deal he made with Ben Carson could be considered felony bribery. Not really, and it wouldn’t look good for the government to go after people for essentially doing clumsily what is supposed to be done more elegantly. The way it’s supposed to be done is that you give speeches for millions of dollars to companies that have business before the US government, and then those companies just happen to get what they want when you have the ability to give it to them. That’s the elegant way. But there are a lot of things the government could probably nail Trump for, and if it happens, he’s still the nominee. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/32 "2016-05-19T23:27:39Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Please elaborate. Here is the relevant law: > **[18 U.S. Code § 599 - Promise of appointment by candidate](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/599)** ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687/33 "2016-05-20T03:01:14Z")
Edwards tried to get the Vice Presidency in exchange for his endorsement in 2008. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-party-replace-their-candidate-after-the-convention/754687.md?page=1)