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Peru
  • English

    The President of the Republic is elected by direct suffrage. The candidate is elected who obtains more than half of the votes.
    … (Art. 111)

  • Spanish

    El Presidente de la República se elige por sufragio directo. Es elegido el candidato que obtiene mes de la mitad de los votos.
    … (Art. 111)

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Saint Lucia
  • English
    There shall be a Governor General of Saint Lucia who shall be a citizen appointed by Her Majesty and shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure and who shall be Her Majesty's representative in Saint Lucia. (Sec. 19)

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Costa Rica
  • English
    The President of the Republic and the Ministers of Government[,] with the character of obligated collaborators[,] exercise the Executive Power in the name of the People. (Art. 130)
  • Spanish
    El Poder Ejecutivo lo ejercen, en nombre del pueblo, el Presidente de la República y los Ministros de Gobierno en calidad de obligados colaboradores. (Art. 130)

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Cuba
  • English
    The President of the Republic is the Chief of State. (Art. 125)
  • Spanish
    El Presidente de la República es el Jefe del Estado. (Art. 125)

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United States of America
  • English
    The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; … (Amendment XII)

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Argentina
  • English
    The Executive Power of the Nation shall be vested in a citizen with the title of "President of the Argentine Nation". (Sec. 87)
  • Spanish
    El Poder Ejecutivo de la Nación será desempeñado por un ciudadano con el título de "Presidente de la Nación Argentina". (Art. 87)

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Mexico
  • English

    The election of the President will be direct and in the terms that the electoral law provides. ... (Art. 81)

  • Spanish

    La elección del Presidente será directa y en los términos que disponga la ley electoral. ... (Art. 81)

Head of State

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
  • English
    To be a candidate for President or Vice President of the State, one must satisfy the general conditions to be a public servant, be thirty years of age on the day of the election, and have resided permanently in the country for at least five years immediately prior to the election. (Art. 167)
  • Spanish
    Para acceder a la candidatura a la Presidencia o a la Vicepresidencia del Estado se requiere cumplir con las condiciones generales de acceso al servicio público, contar con treinta años de edad cumplidos al día de la elección, y haber residido de forma permanente en el país al menos cinco años inmediatamente anteriores a la elección. (Art. 167)

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Grenada
  • English
    There shall be a Governor-General of Grenada who shall be appointed by Her Majesty and shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure and who shall be Her Majesty's representative in Grenada. (Sec. 19)

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Trinidad and Tobago
  • English
    (1) There shall be an Electoral College for the purposes of this Chapter which shall be a unicameral body consisting of all the members of the Senate and all the members of the House of Representatives assembled together.
    … (Sec. 28)