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Originally Posted by kalos72
So in my game, the original Secretary of Defence from the last duly elected President Tanner is still alive.
Would he be able to come back in 1998, after the RUMP Congress and claim the Presidency or is it since a Congress was held, legitimate or not, he loses the line of succession?
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Wow! Talk about a rough one!
First hurdle is, was Congress properly elected? Unless it can be proven that they were elected prior to Washington getting nuked or appointed by a properly elected governor to fill an empty seat, then a census most be conducted so that the congressional seats can be properly apportioned and elections held. But as canon has stated, there were 'issue's with the new Congress.
Based on this, SoD can claim to be the next in line of succession, but getting "Congress" to agree could well intensify the Milgov/Civgov fighting.