THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT CIVICS CHAPTER 7, SECTIONS 1 MR. COLLINS & MRS. KOZLIK CE.7B

TO BE PRES. OR V. PRES. MUST BE 35 YEARS OLD A NATIVE-BORN, (NOT NATURALIZED) CITIZEN OF THE U.S. MUST HAVE LIVED IN THE U.S. FOR 14 YEARS

Electing a President Presidential elections take place every 4 years in years evenly divisible by 4 Chosen by the Electoral College When people vote for a presidential candidate, they are actually voting for a slate of electors pledged to vote for that candidate Number of electoral votes=to number of members in Congress Magic number is 270 (538 total)

SALARY AND BENEFITS PRESIDENT: $400,000 A YEAR, $50,000 EXPENSES, AND $100,000 FOR TRAVEL USE OF WHITE HOUSE & STAFF USE OF CAMP DAVID MEDICAL AND PERSONAL PROTECTION AIR FORCE ONE

SALARY AND BENEFITS VICE PRESIDENT: $202,900 A YEAR, PLUS $10,000 FOR EXPENSES FREE RESIDENCE LARGE STAFF PERSONAL SERVICES

Vice-President Votes in the Senate in the case of a tie Serves in the Cabinet as a Rank Member Otherwise has little authority unless he replaces the president

TERMS OF OFFICE SINCE THE 22ND AMENDMENT IN 1951, PRESIDENT’S ARE ALLOWED (TWO) 4-YEAR TERMS. (10 year max if he took over for another president) THE 12TH AMENDMENT IN 1804 ALLOWS FOR V.P. TO BE PICKED SEPARATELY, BUT V.P.’S USUALLY SERVE (TWO) 4-YEAR TERMS

PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IN 1947, CONGRESS PASSED THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION ACT, WHICH DETERMINED WHO WAS PRESIDENT AFTER THE V.P. THE NEXT THREE IN LINE ARE: SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE SECRETARY OF STATE

THE 25TH AMENDMENT EST. IN 1967, IT STATES THAT IF THE PRESIDENT DIES OR LEAVES OFFICE, THE V.P. BECOMES PRESIDENT. THE NEW PRES. CHOOSES HIS OR HER OWN NEW V.P. ALLOWS V.P. TO BE “ACTING PRES.” WHILE PRES. IS TEMPORARILY UNABLE TO CARRY OUT DUTIES.

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