You must be born in the U.S. to be President, but what about Vice President? Can Schwarzenegger run w/McCain?
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There is nothing in the Constitution that says the Vice President must be a "natural born" citizen. It only states that for the President. But, originally, the President and Vice President were not on the ballot together. The person with the most electoral votes became President, and the person with the second most electoral votes became Vice President. So both were running for President, and both would need to fulfill the requirements. That was changed when the 12th Amendment was ratified in 1804. Since then, the electors vote for a President and a Vice President. \n\nIf it did happen (extremely unlikely), the order of succession would have to skip over the Vice President then, and the second in line would then be the Speaker of the House. You can't overrule the Constitution just because the Vice President was not born a citizen.
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Only Vice President, because he/she must meet the qualifications of the president.\n\nEdit: Yes, all of the people in the line of succession aside from the vice president can be naturalized, but they would be passed over in any case of succession.
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In order for a person to become President, he or she must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years of age, and have resided in the United States for at least 14 years. Once elected, the President serves a term of four years and may be re-elected only once. \ncheck out this website for more info Hope this helps
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Are you a native born United States citizen, at least 35 yrs. old, and have you been a resident of the United States for at least fourteen years. If you are, then you meet the constitutional requirements to become president. If you don't meet these requirements, then no matter what your position on the issues are, you can't be president.\n\nAssuming you meet the above mentioned requirements, I like your platform. If you can get your name on the ballot, I believe that I would vote for you.
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Technicaly, you don't have to sudy anything for a political career.  You do need public support, however, typically in the form of petitions in order to run for office.  Specific requirements may vary depending what position you're running for and where it is located (i.e. To be the President you have to be at least 35 years old).  While there are no specifc professions required, certain professions (i.e. Lawyers) will put you in a better position to start a political career.
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US Constitution Article 1, Section 2 lists requirements.\n\nBasically, 25 years of age, and seven years a citizen.\n\nTo become a rep get involved locally, probably with one of the parties. Establish contacts, who know of your ambition.
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Hard to say. Senator, Congress-person; sure. But cabinet members, and joint chiefs don't have to be natives. The Speakers and majority/minority leaders are in the succession, but cannot become President if they aren't natives. I geuss it would be Vice-President, but that person could not ascend to the Presidency unless he or she was a native; so it would go to the Speaker of the House. And what if he or she is not a native? Good question.
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For the last few years it appears that In the US to be president  you have to:   be at least 35 years old, know the basics in reading, speak as if you've never completed elementary school, be married to a woman and be a Christian.  Oh and can't forget, must have a ton of your father's money at your disposal.\n\nIf you can cover those basic rules, you'll be golden.
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right to run for presidency :)
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state politics are decided by state constitutions.  The states can put whatever requirements they want on their Governor.  The Federal constitution, however, states that foreign born folks cannot be president.\n\nNo, Arnold cannot be VP.  To take that seat, he MUST be eligible for the presidency.  (There was a question a few years ago about Bill Clinton using the VPs office as a backdoor to a third term, but it was impossible)
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Yes.  Henry Kissinger could not become President.  Neither could Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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You can run for any office, save the Presidency. That is one of the perks for being an American citizen
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You must be a U.S citizen, 18+ yrs old, you must be a resident of the town or state your running in. Check with your local board of elections, ( the people who run the voting booths) the know exactly what the qualifications are.
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Qualifications for the position of President of any country should be thus.\nPre Qualifications.. He should be at least 40 years of age, Natural born citizen of the country, should be of sound mind and body, should have no addiction of Alcohol, Tobacco, or any addictive intoxicating substance, Should not have a single police record, not even a traffic voilation. He should be a graduate from a university having at least a degree in political and social sciences and international Law and International History.\n\nQualifactions.\nHe should have been a taxpayer for at least 15 years,\nHe should have added to the nations productivity for at least 15 years either as an individual or having worked for a company/institution. He should not have had any Biased views about any religion, Creed, Nation or Colour, for at least 20 years.\nHis parents, Neighbours, Siblings, Children. Spouse,Relatives (at least 10),Classmates, Collegeus at work, should all compulsorily give thier views and vouch for him writing.\nHis Charity record should be scrutinised for having done at least 5% charity from his income.for at least 5 years,\nHe should have knowledge about current political events international, and should know the names of all Presidents, political parties and the capitals of at least 90 countries.\nHe should have an IQ of above 137, He should have done social and community service in his own home town for at least 3 months. He should not be a member of any cult, or gay, or a nerd, or a rock star aspirant at anypoint of time in his 40 years. \nHe should not have any personal credit outstanding of more than 2000$ with any bank. He should have served in active combat situation in the military for at least 6 months.\nHis language should not have any syntax errors, or any Fs and Bs in general Usage. he should not have had a sexual relationship with anyone other than his own wife after marriage and no sexual affairs before marriage.\nHe should be God fearing. He should pass a test set up by the Phsyciatrists to determine his mental health and religious and political leanings.\nHe should speak out very clearly what and how does he intend doing anything for the country, \n\nBesides I agree with ownerator to have even the voters qualified by giving them common sense and political knowledge tests. in order to have a fool proof democracy,\n\nA person whos enterprise has generated a 100 employments should be allowed to cast a vote equivalant to 50, and a person who is a burden on the tax payer should be barred from voting.\nan average employee looking after a family should have one vote, and a person not having a family should have Half a vote,\nA tax payer paying taxes just over the average income of a family should be given 5 votes.\nThis shhould be a concerted effort by all departments to give citizens points using thier social security nos,
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NO, Section One of Article II of the U.S. Constitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to become President. The president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States \nThe only time recently that the natural-born citizenship requirement has been implicated in regard to a presidential candidate was in 1968. That year, Michigan Governor George W. Romney was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. Romney had been born in Chihuahua, Mexico to American parents. However, Romney's campaign fizzled and the question was never seriously discussed.
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Legally, someone born in another country cannot run for President of the US.
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Currently you must be born in the United States or be a child of US citizens if you are born elsewhere.  You must be 35 to run for president.