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...Joseph Moakley (D-Mass.) has introduced a bill in Congress calling for a special election of the president and the vice president in the event both offices are left vacant by resignation, impeachment, disability, or death...
...Moakley said yesterday the idea for the bill came from a speech on the subject by Boston Mayor Kevin H. White which "sparked my imagination...
...Moakley said the bill's constitutional justification originates in a law passed in 1792 and revoked 94 years later, which empowers Congress to provide for presidential succession...
...doesn't make sense for a man like Nixon to be able to appoint his own successor," Moakley said. "This bill would, I think, restore to the general public the faith they have lost...
Another reason for changing the succession laws, Moakley said, is that many Democrats are afraid to vote for impeachment because they would be charged with trying to reverse the results of the 1972 presidential election. Having a new national election for president would "let Democrats off the hook," he added...