Article II, Clause IV states: "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President, neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five Years and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States." When the Constitution was written, the President and Vice President were elected together; a person voted for both offices on one ticket. Since the Presidential candidate had to be thirty-five, it's reasonable to assume the age requirement was the same for Vice President.
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The same as the presidents.
they can be elected.
A vice-presidential candidate must have the same qualifications as the President, because he may become President.
In order to run for Vice President, one needs to meet the qualifications to be President.
the qualifications are different
No, the official qualifications are the same, since the Vice President may become President. However, parties may not demand so much from their vice-presidential nominees as they do from their presidential candidate and voters might expect less.
The constitution provides that if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the vice president becomes president. In recent years, presidents have given their vice president more responsibilities. Vice presidents must be fully inform and prepared to take over the important jobs that could be theirs. Vice presidents must meet the same constitution qualifications as the president and serves a four-year term.
Yes, the Constitution states in Clause 4 of the 12th Amendment, the amendment that established vice presidential elections,"... no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."
The vice president becomes president if the president is incapacitated, so he needs to have all the qualifications of a president, just in case.
This is because the main role of the vice-president is to be able to take over as President if necessary. A person not qualified to be President would not be able to become president and so could not fill this role.
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