Electoral Process Flashcards

Which amendment limits a President to two elected terms?

Answer: Twenty-Second Amendment

The Twenty-Second Amendment (1951) prohibits any person from being elected President more than twice.

How is the total number of U.S. Electoral College votes (538) determined?

Answer: It equals the total of House members, Senators, and three D.C. electors

Each state receives electors equal to its total congressional representation (House + Senate), plus three for D.C. per the Twenty-Third Amendment, totaling 538.

The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited denying the right to vote based on which characteristic?

Answer: Race, color, or previous condition of servitude

The Fifteenth Amendment (1870) barred federal and state governments from denying the vote based on race, color, or previous servitude.

Under Article II, who has the authority to determine how a state's electors are appointed?

Answer: The state legislature

Article II, Section 1 grants each state legislature the power to direct the manner of appointing its presidential electors.

Which constitutional provision gives Congress authority to regulate the time of presidential elections?

Answer: Article II, Section 1, Clause 4

Article II, Section 1, Clause 4 empowers Congress to determine the time of choosing electors and the day they cast their votes.

A person who has served more than two years of another president's unexpired term may be elected on their own how many additional times?

Answer: One more time

The Twenty-Second Amendment bars anyone who has held the office for more than two years of another's term from being elected more than once more.

Which constitutional body has the power to judge the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members?

Answer: Each house of Congress for its own members

Article I, Section 5 states that each chamber of Congress is the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members.