non-PRI candidates
non-PRI candidates
non-PRI candidates
The early debates centered on a proposal by James Madison known as the Virginia Plan. Supported by the large states, it called for a bicameral (two-house) legislature empowered to make laws. The lower house was elected by voters in each state, and the upper house was chosen by the lower house from candidates nominated by the state legislatures. Representation in both houses was based on population. The executive was chosen by the legislature for one term and was responsible for executing all laws. The legislature also appointed the judges to one or more supreme courts and lower national courts. A Council of Revision made up of the executive and judges could veto laws passed by the legislature or the states; a vote by both houses was needed to override a veto by the Council.
John Tyler was elected to the Confederate legislature.
Depending on the state, judges may be elected, appointed, nominated and confirmed by the legislator or nominated by the state bar.
elected legislature
Usually, elected judges are chosen by the general electorate at election times when their names appear on the ballot. In some states, "elected judges" are actually 'elected' by majority votes of the state legislature.
Several states hold primary elections to choose the presidential candidates. The final choice or confirmation will be made at the national Republican Convention which will be held in Tampa Bay, Florida in 2012.
The Virginia Plan called for a strong national government set up into three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial. The legislature would be made up of two houses. The first house would be elected by the people. The second house would be selected by the first house. The people selected would come from a list nominated by each of the states legislative body. As you can see, this allowed the voting population the right to elect just one of the houses of the national legislature.
Justices on the Supreme Court of the United States are not elected. They are nominated by the president and confirmed by the US Senate.
We go from Primaries in each state, to delegates that represent those candidates chosen, to the convention and then finally the delegates from those states must officially nominate the candidate, if the delegates agree an indivudal can be nominated by acclamation. From there the individual nominated must formally accept the nomination.