Presidential Process
By Kendall Cotton
Self Announcement , Caucuses , Convection , Primary Elections
these are the steps to take to start off your process.
* self announcement goes along with starting and announcing which office your running for. weather its self nominating or being nominated
* caucuses is a meeting of party members who basically nominate you to run for the election
*Convection similar to a caucuses but also different but its when only party members take part and nominate but its open to the public and represent party members who aint there
*Primary Elections is when more than one member of a political party seeks the same office and and direct primary having two types a closed and a open
-closed -only voters registered as party members can vote in selecting that partys canidates
open-any registered voter may either vote In party primary section but only one of them
Requirements and Behavior
*party identification-when voters use this advantage and responds to canidates party affiliation.(republican democrat)
*issues the views of voters on issues that's important to them
(taxes, abortion, health benefits)
*Background Voter's) (gender, race, family, beliefs, income, education)
*Background Canidates) (integrity, age, gender, character)
Election Information
voting day-dates set by law first Tuesday following first Monday in November of every even numbered year
absentee ballots-ballot that gets submitted on or before election day by a voter who cant be present on the day of the election