POS 2041 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Natural-Born-Citizen Clause
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Government chapter 6: roles of the president under article ii. Chief agenda setter: unofficial roles of president. Use media to persuade public: formal qualifications to be president. Each state has a number of electoral votes equal to its number of senators (two) plus its number of members in the united states house of representatives (depends on state population). Most states use winner take all but some allow votes to be split: line of succession to the president. Speaker of the house (head of house of reps) Making an executive agreement instead: original purpose of the electoral college. Born in one of the 50 states. Born on a u. s. military base in another country. Born on american soil to parents who are not citizens. Commander in chief, treaties, appoint, pardons, clemencies. To advise and assist the president in carrying out duties: duties of vice president. Counts electoral college votes (executive branch official)
