How to Meet the Qualifications to Run for President
Since the Constitution of the United States was adopted, 42 people have served as President. What did all of these people have in common? Article II of the Constitution lays out the rules.
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Be a natural-born citizen, according to Article II of the Constitution. But what that means exactly has been battled out in court and in the media. Some believe "natural-born citizen" means that you must be born on U.S. soil. But other interpretations argue that a person born to U.S. parents on foreign soil is still considered a natural-born citizen.
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Be at least 35 years old. This requirement is fairly cut-and-dry. Until your 35th birthday you are not eligible to be the next President of the United States.
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Be a U.S. resident for at least 14 years. This means the candidate must have an established residence within the U.S.
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Know your term limits. Under the 22nd Amendment, no person who has served as President for more than 6 years is eligible to serve again.
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I have a dream of becoming a nigeria future president.
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Have you tried any Washington offices for information?
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where do I get the proper application to file for presedent 2012, and how do I file in each state Dr Tolbert for 2012.
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I want to run for President but without cash backing you don't stand a prayer. Trust me as President it would not be long before we were out of debt because I would run this country the way it is suppose to be run. All the government freebies would be gone. True bidding on projects (lowest bid best product), no more towns spending money wastefully t get more next year (same streets dug up year after year but yet schools being closed), no more replacing signs just to make things prettier, accountability to the REAL people not the big companies and the list goes on. This is what a REAL President needs to do. None of this giving awa trillions to the rich companies making huge profits. Make this country work for the taxpayer not the taxpayer work for the handful of rich.
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I am going to run for president.
