For my homework I have to tell an overview of the Presidential Election can some cite some sources and write ?

Question

some ideas that I can write on my Current Event. Thanx :D

Answer 1

From Wikipedia:

"United States presidential elections determine who serves as president and vice president of the United States for a four-year term, starting at midday on Inauguration Day, which is January 20 of the year after the election. The elections are conducted by the various states and not by the federal government.

The presidential election occurs quadrennially (the count beginning with the year 1792) on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November. The most recent election occurred on November 2, 2004. The next election is scheduled for November 4, 2008.

The current process is an indirect election. Constitutionally, the election is by United States Electoral College electors, who are chosen by methods each state individually establishes. The electors can vote for anyone, but—with rare exceptions (see faithless elector)—they vote for the designated candidates and their votes are certified by Congress in early January. The Congress is the final judge of the electors; the last serious dispute was in United States presidential election, 2000."

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