United States presidential eligibility legislation
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united-states-presidential-eligibility-legislation-181-4801505
title:
United States presidential eligibility legislation
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The Constitution of the United States provides several basic requirements for eligibility to be elected to the office of President. Individual states did not introduce significant relevant legislation until the 2008 election of Barack Obama, when a controversy known as the birther movement was promoted by various conspiracy theorists. The "birthers" asserted during the 2008 presidential election campaign that Obama was not a natural-born U.S. citizen, as mandated by the Constitution, and thus wa
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Requirements to be eligible for US president
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_eligibility_legislation
date created:
2011-04-05T18:55:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T17:17:59Z
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