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Across
  1. 2. power to reduce the length of a sentence
  2. 3. (3 words no space) sworn by the president the day he takes office
  3. 5. mercy or leniency
  4. 6. political party's principals
  5. 8. (2 words no space) Meetings at which delegates vote to pick their Presidential and vice-presidential candidates
  6. 9. (2 words no space) Electors would be chosen in each state in the same way as members of Congress
  7. 10. (2 words no space)Each presidential candidate would receive the same share of a states electoral vote as he of she received in the states popular vote
  8. 14. (3 words no space) An unwelcome person
  9. 16. (2 words no space) paints a picture of the president as a emperor
  10. 17. (2 words no space)The scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled
  11. 19. (3 words no space) presidents cancellation of a specific dollar amount from congressional spending
  12. 20. (2 words no space) directive, rule, or regulation that has an effect on the law
  13. 21. (two words no space) forms of communication(TV and the Internet)
  14. 22. people who can cast votes
  15. 23. (2 words no space) The group of people chosen from each state and the District of Columbia to formally select the President and Vice President
  16. 24. (3 words no space)Would keep much of the electoral college system intact, especially the winner-take-all feature
  17. 25. (2 words no space) a pact between the president and the head of a foreign state
  18. 27. (2 words no space) arises from two sources : the constitution and acts of congress
Down
  1. 1. (3 words no space) candidate who wins preference automatically wins
  2. 2. (3 words no space) Ceremonial Head of the government of the United States
  3. 4. a formal agreement between two sovereign states
  4. 7. (2words no space) election where a party's voters choose some or all of a state party organization's delegates to their party's organization's delegates
  5. 10. (2 words no space) any candidate who wins at least 15% of the votes cast in a primary gets the # of that States Democratic convention delegates
  6. 11. The exclusive power of a president to recognize foreign states
  7. 12. (2words no space) Usually a "barn-burner"
  8. 13. (2words no space) The Executive power
  9. 15. postponement of execution of a sentence
  10. 17. legal forgiveness of a crime
  11. 18. (2 words no space) votes cast by electors in the electoral college
  12. 26. blanket pardon