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[USA] ARTICLE II.
[USA] Section 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:
[CSA] ARTICLE II.
[CSA] Section 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of
the _Confederate_ States of America. _He and the Vice-President shall
hold their offices for_ the term of _six_ years; _but the President
shall not be reeligible. The President and the Vice-President shall_ be
elected as follows:
[USA] 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.
[CSA] 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 _Confederate_ States, shall be appointed an
elector.
[USA] [212]The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote
by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an
Inhabitant of the same State with themselves.
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