each party nominated presidential and vice-presidential candidates
Do the voters elect electors not the presidential candidates
Richard M.Nixon/Spiro Agnew George McGovern/R.Sargent Shriver
national conventions for nominating presidential candidates.
There was no Presidential election in 1950.
In reality, states have no position in the nomination of presidential candidates other than holding legal elections. The parties determine the candidates.
During the national convention
Someone suggested the Secretary of State investigates candidates. I can tell you that is not so. The Secretary of State does not investigate, it recommends and advises. The FBI investigates. Before I could work in the White House I had to undergo a thorough background investigation by the FBI for the Secret Service. *Candidates for political office, most especially the presidential candidates, do need better regulation. As far as I am aware, there has never been a thorough background check or polygraph of Barack Obama. It is entirely up to the voters to elect to office anyone they wish in spite of their background and make whatever check on the few requirements there are, i.e. age and birth. It is likely ACORN did Obama's background check. Another words, the system is flawed and we often get what we don't wish for.
presidential primary
The platforms of Presidential candidates vary. Some candidates platforms include lower taxes for the middle class, increase jobs and access to better healthcare.
Democrats permit candidates receiving 15 percent or more of the vote to proportionally divide delegates.
She would have to be at least of legal age to be married.