VOTE VP VOTE WA OR CA NX ID MT WY UT AZ CO NM TX AK HI OK KS NE SD ND MN IA MO AR LA MS AL TN KY IL WI MI IN OH PA WV VA NC SC GA FL NY VT NH MA CT RI MJ DE MD ME VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE The Constitution Require the following from a Presidental Candidate: Caucuses and Primaries National and Convention General Election Electoral College • Citizenship as a Natural Born Citizen • Minimum Age Requirement is at least 35 years old • Residency requirement is at least 14 years US resident • Compete with others like you who are interested in the nomination of your party • You need to set yourself apart by presenting your own policies, ideas, priorities, causes, and style on how things should be done • Your party will hold a national convention to select, announce, and celebrate your nomination as the party’s presidential candidate. • You will announce your choice of a Vice Presidential candidate as your running mate. • Caucuses are local party events where the partychooses a candidate and select delegates for the convention. • Primaries are state-wide partyevents where the party members cast votes for their chosen candidate. • You’ll campaign throughout the country seeking the interested populace to give you and your running mate their vote of support. • But wait! Winning the popular peoples votes is not enough to win the presidency. • The Electoral College is determined by the samenumber of state representative in congress. There are a total of 538 electoral votes. The Presidential candidate, along with his Vice President, who receives more than 270 electoral votes will be declared the winner of the US Election. hp://socialelecon.org/

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The Constitution Require the following from aPresidental Candidate:

Caucuses and Primaries

National and Convention

General Election

Electoral College

• Citizenship as a Natural Born Citizen

• Minimum Age Requirement is at least 35 years old

• Residency requirement is atleast 14 years US resident

• Compete with others like you who areinterested in the nomination of your

party

• You need to set yourself apart by presentingyour own policies, ideas, priorities, causes,

and style on how things should be done

• Your party will hold anational convention

to select, announce, andcelebrate your nominationas the party’s presidential

candidate.

• You will announce yourchoice of a Vice Presidential

candidate as yourrunning mate.

• Caucuses are local party events wherethe partychooses a candidate and

select delegates for the convention.

• Primaries are state-widepartyevents where the

party memberscast votes for theirchosen candidate.

• You’ll campaign throughout the countryseeking the interested populace to give

you and your running matetheir vote of support.

• But wait! Winning the popular peoplesvotes is not enough to

win the presidency.

• The Electoral College is determinedby the samenumber of staterepresentative in congress.

There are a total of 538 electoral votes. The Presidential candidate, along with his Vice President, who receives more than 270 electoral votes will be declared the winner of the US Election.

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