​FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
The Federal Government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the Federal courts, respectively.
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Federal elections occur every two years, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The President and Vice President are elected every 4 years. Every member of the House of Representatives and about one-third of the Senate is up for reelection in any given election year. Federal elections are administered by state and local governments, although the specifics of how elections are conducted differ between the states. Massachusetts awards all of their presidential electors to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote
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LEGISLATIVE
Our current legislative representatives are:
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Senate:
Elizabeth Warren (D) Term expires 1/3/2025 (up for re-election Nov. 2024.)
Website: https://elizabethwarren.com/
Ed Markey (D) Term expires 1/3/2027 (up for re-election Nov. 2026)
Website: https://www.edmarkey.com/
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House of Representatives
Barnstable is in the 9th Congressional District. Our Representaive is William Keating.​​
Term expires 1/3/2025 (up for re-election Nov. 2024)
Website: https://keating.house.gov/
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EXECUTIVE
​​President Joseph R. Biden is the 46th President of the United States. Kamala Harris is the Vice President.
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The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not directly for those offices, but instead for members of the Electoral College. These electors then cast direct votes, known as electoral votes, for president, and for vice president. The candidate who receives an absolute majority of electoral votes (at least 270 out of 538, since the Twenty-Third Amendment granted voting rights to citizens of D.C.) is then elected to that office. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes for president, the House of Representatives elects the president; likewise if no one receives an absolute majority of the votes for vice president, then the Senate elects the vice president​.
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The President must be at least 35 years of age, be a natural born citizen, and must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years.
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Kamala Harris is the Democratic Candidate for President in the November 2024 elections.
Website: https://kamalaharris.com/
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Tim Walz is the Democratic Candidate for Vice President in the November 2024 elections.
Website: https://kamalaharris.com/meet-governor-tim-walz/
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