How does the election work?

They will be nominated by their party's at a convention. It'll be all over the news. But basically it's Obama vs Romney no one else has enough votes.

Which election? Technically the "General Ballot" is several elections from everything from assistant county roads commissioner all the way up to President-and each decreasing step is less power and a smaller voting base.

If you are referring to the US Presidential then the candidates are "officially announced" at their party's convention (technically neither Obama nor Romney are their party's nominee, just the nominee presumptive). At these conventions the running mate (Vice President) is usually announced, but definitely nominated as well.

Then on the first Tuesday in November that does not fall on the first day of November (fun legalese) you vote for a slate of electors to represent your state in the electoral college in December, technically unless you are an elector you never vote for the US Presidency, you are voting for a group of people to vote for them that you know will vote in a certain manner. When the Electoral College convenes in December then those pre-selected electors cast their 1 of 535 votes for the President and Vice-President of the United States.

It depends on the party, the office, and the state.

For President, the two major parties are qualified to be on the ballot in all 50 states. Both major parties officially choose their candidates at their party's convention. The Republicans hold their convention starting on August 27th and the Democrats hold their convention starting on September 4th. Both Governor Romney and President Obama have won a majority of the delegates to their respective conventions so their nomination is merely a legal formality at this point.

The other minor parties have already held their convention. The Libertarians are currently qualified in the most states (thirty) but the Green Party and the Constitution Party are also on the ballot in a large number of states.

In states in which a party is not qualified to be on the ballot by virtue of the results of prior elections, they must qualify by submitting petitions. For the most part, state affiliates accept the national nominee of their parties, but some state parties are more loosely affiliated with the national party than others. In any case, independents and candidates of non-qualified parties get on the ballot by submitting petitions before the state's deadline. (Many state deadlines have already passed and the parties are merely waiting to have the election authority determine if they have enough valid signatures to get on the ballot.) Candidates who have not qualified can file to run as official write-in candidates meaning that their name is not on the ballot, but a write-in vote for them counts.

For President, running as an official candidate (either on the ballot or as a write-in) means that the candidate has filed a slate of electors pledged to support the candidate as the vote is actually to elect the electors.

For other offices, for qualified parties, in most states, candidates are nominated by a primary election. Some states (e.g. Utah) require candidates to be screened by a party convention and candidates must finish in the top two to make the primary. In others, candidates (e.g. Connecticut) candidates must get support from a certain percentage of delegates at the state convention to be on the primary ballot. Two states (Washington and California) do not use a party primary but instead use a jungle primary in which the top two finishers regardless of party make the general election.

For other offices, we are still in the middle of primary season (Georgia held its primary this past Tuesday, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Washington hold their primaries this next Tuesday). The last of the state primaries is scheduled for September 11th.

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