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The U.S. President and Vice President are elected by the special body called the Electoral College. Each state has electors that are appointed. In total, there are 538 electors.
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According to the Constitution who elects the President and Vice President?
The electoral college
What is the two-word name given to the system that elects the president and the vice president?
Electoral College.
What is a name of event at which party elects president and vice president?
The national conventions. Ex the Democratic Nation Convention where they nominated Obama
Is the vice president the speaking chief officer?
no he is not, the house elects their chief speaker but the presedent is the chief officer...
Who chosses the president of the United States?
The Electoral College elects the president. Technically the citizens elects "electorates" who then cast the votes from their states for president. WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY, we are a REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC. Basic governmental education.
What do you call the body that actually elects the president and the vice president?
The Conscience.
Who elects the president and vice president if no one wins a marjority vote of electoral college votes?
The House of Representatives elects the President, and the Senate elects the Vice President.
Who elects the vice president?
Candidates for president and vice-president run as a team- they are elected as a team by the voters through an indirect process spelled out in the US Constitution. A body known as the electoral college officially elects the president and vice-president but the voters choose the electors based on the candidates they promise to vote for.
Who has the power to confirm the vice president?
The electoral college that elects the president also elects the vice president. In the event that a new vice president is appointed because of a vacancy, both houses of Congress have to confirm the president's appointee.
Who elects the Vice President if no one receives a majority?
The Vice President would then be elected by the Senate.
Which branch elects the president?
The legislative branch elects the president
According to the Constitution who elects the President and Vice President?
The electoral college
Who or what indirectly elects the presidents and vice president?
Electoral College (yes I know its same answer as "who elects president?" but it WAS a different question)
Who elects the Vice-President if there is no majority in the Electoral College?
The Congress would decide who the Vice-president would be.
Who will elect a vice president if no candidate for vice president obtains the required number of Electoral College votes?
In this case, the US Senate elects the vice-president.
Who elects next temporay president when term is incomplete?
The Vice President takes over.
Who or what indirectly elects the president and the vice president?
The registered voters in all the states and DC elect the president and vice-president albeit in an indirect way.
