Nomination and Election of the President and Vice President of the United States, 1988; Including the Manner of Selecting Delegates to National Party Conventions

Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1988. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. vii, [1], 396, [4] pages, wraps, charts (including 1 fold-out), slight discoloration to spine. The author was Legislative Attorney, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; he prepared this document for the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. This document is a compilation of the constitutional provisions, federal and state laws, and rules of the two major political parties governing the nomination and election of the President and Vice President of the United States. Its list the states holding presidential preference primaries and the dates of such primaries; it also describes the manner of selecting the delegates to the national conventions, the dates such selections are be be made, and the number of delegates to be selected. Two surveys of the rules of the major political parties and the election laws of the fifty states and the District of Columbia are included related to the selection of delegates to the national nominating conventions and to the nomination and election of electors of the President and Vice President. Abstracts of the laws relating to minor and new parties and independent candidates are also included in the surveys. Condition: good.

Keywords: Democratic Party, 1988 Presidential Election, Election Law, Electors, Nominations, Republican Party, Political Conventions, Political. Party Rules, U.S. Presidents

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