Executive Leadership and Qualifications
The branch of government responsible for enforcing the nation's laws
What is the Executive Branch?
The length of time an elected official is authorized to serve, which is four years for a President.
What is a Term of Office?
The formal act of voluntarily leaving an office or position.
What is Resignation?
he amendment that limits a person to being elected President twice
What is the 22nd Amendment?
The votes cast directly by the people during an election.
What is the Popular Vote?
The constitutional requirements a person must meet to serve as President
What are Formal Qualifications?
The official who becomes President if the President dies, resigns, or is removed.
Who is the Vice President?
Being unable to perform official duties because of a serious illness or injury.
What is Incapacitated?
The amendment establishing January 20 at noon as the start and end of presidential terms.
What is the 20th Amendment?
A person selected to cast an official Electoral College vote for President and Vice President.
Who is an Elector?
A person who was a United States citizen at birth
What is a Natural-Born Citizen?
The official order of individuals who may assume the presidency when both the President and Vice President cannot serve.
What is the Line of Succession?
The House of Representatives' formal accusation that a federal official committed serious misconduct.
What is Impeachment?
The amendment explaining presidential succession, disability, and how vice-presidential vacancies are filled.
What is the 25th Amendment?
The constitutional system through which electors formally elect the President and Vice President.
What is the Electoral College?
Personal qualities or experiences voters commonly look for in a candidate, though they are not required by the Constitution.
What are Informal Qualifications?
An elected or appointed position that is temporarily unoccupied.
What is a Vacancy?
The process forcing an official to leave office following a conviction by the Senate.
What is Removal from Office?
The amendment requiring electors to cast separate votes for President and Vice President
What is the 12th Amendment?
The minimum number of electoral votes out of 538 required to win a presidential election.
What is 270 (a Majority)?
The specific role where the President serves as the leader of the United States Armed Forces
What is Commander in Chief?
The legal process that determines who assumes presidential duties when the President cannot serve
What is Presidential Succession?
The constitutional process by which three-fourths of states formally approve an addition or change to the Constitution.
What is Ratification (or Ratified)?
The general term for an official addition or change made to the United States Constitution
What is an Amendment?
The term for a President and Vice President running together as a team in an election.
What is a Joint Ticket?