Requirements to stand for election. These may include a minimum age, citizenship, residency, or other criteria.
Questions tagged [election-requirements]
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Why do countries have term limits on presidents and prime ministers?
In some countries, the elected leader can only run for 2 mandates (terms) in a row.
I'm curious about the reason behind that.
Any ideas?
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Question about how representatives get elected to congress
I am looking for a label to a political system.
Right now, each state is apportioned a certain number of representatives in the House based on population. Texas gets 36 representatives, so there are 36 congressional districts.
According to the…
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