John McAfee announces he's running for President

Re:John McAfee announces he's running for President by Mtinie on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @09:25AM (#10191259)

> Plus, in the US, your cat can run for President. It means absolutely nothing. Legally? Only if your cat is over the age of thirty-five and is a natural born citizen of the United States.

The age requirement is a tough one...I believe that would make your cat the Ralph Hall of feline politicans.

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Re:John McAfee announces he's running for President by mikeash on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @10:02AM (#10191475)

Depends on what "run" means.

Can the cat become President? Clearly not.

Can the cat get on the ballot? I imagine every locality requires people on the ballot to be eligible to take the office in question, so no.

But we're not even at that stage yet. Right now, "running for President" is nothing more than an announcement that a person is doing so. It's one of those actions that you can perform merely by stating that you're doing it, like "I apologize" or "I order you to ...."

And on that note, I'm running for President too. Unlike most cats, I'm actually eligible, so I have that going for me.

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