#English Study#Election Words A - Z: Qualifications. Qualifications for political office are the legal criteria candidates must meet to be eligible to run. These typically include age, citizenship, and residency requirements. For instance, a U.S. ...
It then concludes that while states have the power to scrutinize qualifications for presidential candidates, they are not obligated to do so under the Constitution. If state legislatures choose to exercise that power, it comes at the risk of ceding reviewing power to election officials, partisan ...
The Democratic National Committee has ratcheted up the threshold to qualify for its next presidential debate, requiring candidates to have picked up at least 20% of convention delegates allocated in state primary contests. The new rules announced Friday for the March 15 debate in Arizona will allow...
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On the pressing issue of reducing the federal deficit, neither vice presidential candidate made much effort to explain where he would make substantive cuts in the deficit, which has been running at about $150 billion a year for the past two years. ...
(MORE: Andrew Yang qualifies for last Democratic debate of 2019 as lone candidate of color) Last week, Booker seemed to suggest he wouldn’t talk to DNC Chair Tom Perez about changing the debate qualifications. Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker speaks during ...
An individual gets the position of Secretary of Commerce by presidential appointment and receiving majority consent from theU.S. Senate. The candidate for commerce secretary that the president chooses can come from a vast array of career backgrounds. The person may have worked in education, law, ...
presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a press conference with union members in Philadelphia, April 7, 2016. Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters "She has been saying lately that she thinks that I am quote unquote, not qualified to be president,” he said. “Now, let me, let me just say in ...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is a prominent candidate in now-ongoing Democratic Party primary elections. These primaries select delegates to a national convention which will choose the Democratic Party's candidate for the 2016 popular presidential election. It has been alleged that, during...
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a press conference with union members in Philadelphia, April 7, 2016.Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters "She has been saying lately that she thinks that I am quote unquote, not qualified to be president,” he said. “Now, let me, let me...