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If both the president and the Vice President were killed at the same time would there be an immediate presidential election?
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If both the president and the Vice President were killed at the same time would there be an immediate presidential election?

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No, this would not be necessary - what would happen is regulated by the presidential line of succession: the Speaker of the House, and if illegible (e.g. not born in the US) the President pro Tempore of the Senate would become the next president.
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