THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT CIVICS CHAPTER 7

THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT ©CIVICS ©CHAPTER 7, SECTIONS 1 ©MR. COLLINS & MRS. KOZLIK ©CE. 7 B

TO BE PRES. OR V. PRES. ©MUST BE 35 YEARS OLD ©A NATIVE-BORN, (NOT NATURALIZED) CITIZEN OF THE U. S. ©MUST HAVE LIVED IN THE U. S. FOR 14 YEARS

Electing a President © Presidential elections take place every 4 years in years evenly divisible by 4 © Chosen by the Electoral College © When people vote for a presidential candidate, they are actually voting for a slate of electors pledged to vote for that candidate © Number of electoral votes=to number of members in Congress © Magic number is 270 (538 total)

SALARY AND BENEFITS ©PRESIDENT: ©$400, 000 A YEAR, $50, 000 EXPENSES, AND $100, 000 FOR TRAVEL ©USE OF WHITE HOUSE & STAFF ©USE OF CAMP DAVID ©MEDICAL AND PERSONAL PROTECTION ©AIR FORCE ONE

SALARY AND BENEFITS ©VICE PRESIDENT: ©$202, 900 A YEAR, PLUS $10, 000 FOR EXPENSES ©FREE RESIDENCE ©LARGE STAFF ©PERSONAL SERVICES

Vice-President ©Votes in the Senate in the case of a tie ©Serves in the Cabinet as a Rank Member ©Otherwise has little authority unless he replaces the president

TERMS OF OFFICE ©SINCE THE 22 ND AMENDMENT IN 1951, PRESIDENT’S ARE ALLOWED (TWO) 4 -YEAR TERMS. (10 year max if he took over for another president) ©THE 12 TH AMENDMENT IN 1804 ALLOWS FOR V. P. TO BE PICKED SEPARATELY, BUT V. P. ’S USUALLY SERVE (TWO) 4 -YEAR TERMS

PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION ©IN 1947, CONGRESS PASSED THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION ACT, WHICH DETERMINED WHO WAS PRESIDENT AFTER THE V. P. ©THE NEXT THREE IN LINE ARE: ©SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE ©PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE ©SECRETARY OF STATE

THE TH 25 AMENDMENT ©EST. IN 1967, IT STATES THAT IF THE PRESIDENT DIES OR LEAVES OFFICE, THE V. P. BECOMES PRESIDENT. ©THE NEW PRES. CHOOSES HIS OR HER OWN NEW V. P. ©ALLOWS V. P. TO BE “ACTING PRES. ” WHILE PRES. IS TEMPORARILY UNABLE TO CARRY OUT DUTIES.

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