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THE ELECTION PROCESS

THE ELECTION PROCESS. NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VP PRIMARIES ARE HELD FROM FEBRUARY TO JUNE PURPOSE IS TO CHOOSE THE ONE CANDIDATE A PARTY WANTS TO REPRESENT THEM. NOMINATING CONVENTIONS. EACH PARTY MEETS FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS IN EITHER LATE JULY OR EARLY AUGUST.

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THE ELECTION PROCESS

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  1. THE ELECTION PROCESS

  2. NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VP PRIMARIES ARE HELD FROM FEBRUARY TO JUNE PURPOSE IS TO CHOOSE THE ONE CANDIDATE A PARTY WANTS TO REPRESENT THEM.

  3. NOMINATING CONVENTIONS EACH PARTY MEETS FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS IN EITHER LATE JULY OR EARLY AUGUST PURPOSE IS THREEFOLD CHOOSE A PRES. CANDIDATE CHOOSE A VP CANDIDATE DISCLOSE THE PARTY PLATFORM

  4. THE FALL CAMPAIGN

  5. THE FALL CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGNS RUN FROM THE END OF THE CONVENTION UNTIL THE 2ND TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER. THEY INCLUDE: SPEECHES RALLIES DEBATES TV ADS NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

  6. ELECTION DAY2ND TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER

  7. ELECTORAL COLLEGE

  8. ELECTORAL COLLEGE PEOPLE SELECTED IN EACH STATE WHO GATHER TO FORMALLY CAST THEIR BALLOTS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. THE NUMBER OF ELECTORS IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES A STATE HAS PLUS ITS TWO SENATORS. ELECTORS VOTE THE FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE THIRD WEDNESDAY IN DECEMBER.

  9. ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONTINUED THERE ARE 538 ELECTORAL VOTES AND IN ORDER TO WIN A CANDIDATE MUST GET AT LEAST 270.

  10. UNUSUAL ELECTIONS THOMAS JEFFERSON ELECTION OF 1800 THE VOTE WAS BROKEN BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ELECTORAL VOTE WAS A TIE AT 73 VOTES. AARON BURR JEFFERSON DECLARED WINNER BY H OF R

  11. ELECTION OF 1824 DEFEAT OF THE MOST POPULAR CANDIDATE CANDIDATEPOPULAR VOTEELECTORAL VOTE • JACKSON 153.544 99 J. Q. ADAMS 108,740 84 W. CRAWFORD 46, 618 41 H. CLAY 47.136 37

  12. ELECTION OF 1824

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