How The Election Works:
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• Who
made up the election rules?
• Can
anyone be U.S. President?
• How
do we decide who gets to be President?
• What
are candidates, and what do they do?
• What
is a political party?
• How
do the parties choose candidates?
• How
are the Pres. and Vice-Pres. elected?
• Does
the person with the most votes win?
LOOKING BACK ON ELECTION 2000:
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Most of the rules about electing our President are found in a document called The Constitution. The Constitution was written over 200 years ago by some of the Founding Fathers of our country, like James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. The Constitution has only changed a little since it was written. We change the Constitution by making things called amendments and voting on them, just like we vote for our President.