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Timetable

-    November - election takes place on first Tuesday after the first Monday (every 4 years)

-    December - results are announced

-    January - Inauguration Ceremony

The main rules:

-    citizens aged 18 may vote

-    one have to register in order to vote

-    one have to settle in one place for morę than 6 months - Am is a very mobile nation

-    usually only 60 % of voting people (minorities are reluctant)

Candidate for a President:

- has to be American (of Am. parents)

—    must be resident of US for 14years

—    one has to be at leas 35

—    has to be socially

a)    married

b)    protestant

c)    special features of character

d)    good appearance

Ethnic minorities, womcn, non-christian, divorced have little chance.

The 2 months interval between the election and the hand-over of power is now often used by outgoing president still in office as a “lamę duck” to give his successor some advice. The President's policies must be approved by The House of Representatives and the Senate. Within the E.\ecutive Branch there are a number of e.xecutive dep.