ARTICLE  II

Section  1.  1  The  executive  power  shall  be  vested  in  a  President  of
the  United  States  of  America.  He  shall  hold  his  office  during  the  term  of
four  years,  and,  together  with  the  Vice  President,  chosen  for  the  same
term,  be  elected,  as  follows

2  Each  State  shall  appoint,  in  such  manner  as  the  legislature  thereof
may  direct,  a  number  of  electors,  equal  to  the  whole  number  of  senators
and  representatives  to  which  the  State  may  be  entitled  in  the  Congress :
but  no  senator  or  representative,  or  person  holding  an  office  of  trust  or
profit  under  the  United  States,  shall  be  appointed  an  elector.
