Because the government refused to consider opposition demands for an independent election commission, the three major opposition parties boycotted the October 1997 presidential election, which Biya easily won.

Because fifteen days can separate the first and second rounds of a presidential election, this means that the President of the Senate can only act as President of the Republic for a maximum period of fifty days.

Because of constitutionally mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive presidential term in 2008.

Because President Lyndon B. Johnson had announced he would not seek reelection, the purpose of the convention was to select a new presidential nominee to run as the Democratic Party ’ s candidate for the office.

Because Pittsburgh International Airport is adjacent to Moon, many presidential visits to the Pittsburgh area start in Moon.

" Because of this and other observed irregularities, doubt remains as to the accuracy of the result of the presidential election as announced today ," he said.

Because of Bentsen's status as something of an elder statesman who was more experienced in electoral politics, many believed Dukakis's selection of Bentsen as his running mate was a mistake in that Bentsen, number two on the ticket, appeared more presidential than did Dukakis.

Because of Agnew's apparent weakness as a candidate relative to Muskie, Humphrey was heard to remark that voters ' uncertainties about whom to choose between the two major presidential candidates should be resolved by their attitudes toward the Vice-Presidential candidates.

Because of Waldeck Rochet's ill health, Jacques Duclos was the candidate at the 1969 presidential election.

Because the Nicaraguan constitution forbids consecutive presidential terms, it is believed that Alemán sought a candidate who could be easily manipulated, allowing him to govern from behind the scenes until the 2006 elections, when he would seek re-election.

Because he supported Jacques Chirac against Edouard Balladur during the 1995 presidential campaign, he succeeded him as Prime Minister, also becoming president of the RPR.

Because of Crittenden's support of his presidential bid, President Adams appointed him United States district attorney for the district of Kentucky in 1827.

Because Eisenhower had made a campaign promise to get rid of the presidential yacht, neither the efforts of Beach nor those of Mrs. Eisenhower were successful in dissuading him from that course of action.

The tongue-in-cheek approach " We Try Harder Because We're Number 2 " was a major success. The DDB " Daisy " ad is considered a significant factor in Lyndon B. Johnson's defeat of Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election and landed Maxwell Dane on the infamous Nixon's Enemies List.

Because he is not a natural born citizen of the United States, Calero is ineligible to become U. S. president under the United States Constitution, and so James Harris, the Socialist Workers ' Party presidential candidate from 2000, stood in on the ticket in nine states where Calero could not be listed, receiving 7, 102 additional votes .< ref >

Because Harding's reputation was damaged by personal controversies and presidential scandals, the Harding Memorial was not officially dedicated until 1931 by President Herbert Hoover.

Because of the high requirements needed to run for presidential elections, many presidential elections have been uncontested.

Because of this endorsement for Kerry, and Kerry's decisive win in the Democratic Primary, Adler was rumored to be the frontrunner for U. S. Attorney for New Jersey if the Senator from Massachusetts had won the 2004 presidential election.

Because counter terrorism officials admitted they had no specific intelligence about such a plan, the official asserted that the plan was a “ makeover of other racially and politically motivated Bush administration initiatives, appears timed to elevate fear in the United States in the days before the presidential election .”

Because of a presidential decree designed to give President Lon Nol's Social Republican Party an advantage, the other parties withdrew from participating.

Because the United States is a presidential system, the president fulfills the role of head of state and head of Government.

Because of the vast array of presidential roles and responsibilities, coupled with a conspicuous presence on the national and international scene, political analysts have tended to place great emphasis on the president's powers.

Because of the political, economic, and social difficulties the country was going through at the time and because of security issues of the executive and his family, President Martinez decided to move the offices of the presidential house to the building that occupied the Normal School for Boys in the San Jacinto neighbourhood, close to the “ El Zapote ” barracks.

Because Hyrum was Joseph's successor, their deaths caused a succession crisis, and Brigham Young assumed leadership over the majority of Saints.

Because of Henry's descent through illegitimate children barred from succession to the English throne, the Tudor monarchy was not accepted by all European kingdoms.

Because Hyrum was Joseph's logical successor, their deaths caused a succession crisis, and Brigham Young assumed leadership over the majority of Saints.

Because women transmitted the right to succession, a renowned warrior not of royal birth might be nominated to become king through marriage to a woman in line of succession.

Because of the sudden death of Emperor Shijō at the age of 10, the question of succession arose.

Because of this threat, she was imprisoned for eighteen years in the charge of a succession of jailers, principally the Earl of Shrewsbury.

Because of his introspective self-loathing of Melnibonéan traditions, his subjects find him odd and unfathomable, and his cousin Yyrkoon ( next in the line of succession, as Elric has no heirs ) interprets his behavior as weakness and plots Elric's death.

Because he predeceased his father, he is not counted in the numerical succession of kings of England.

Because of the turmoil this caused, Díaz decided to run again in 1910 for the last time, with an eye toward arranging a succession in the middle of his term.

Because of its veneration of Rabbi Nachman, it became the only Hasidic group to reject succession.

Because of the gubernatorial succession amendment ratified in 1987, Mabus was eligible to become the first governor to serve two successive terms in more than 100 years, and he ran for reelection in 1991.

Because the senior line of succession through King Richard II had no issue, Edmund's father Roger Mortimer was next in line for the throne and was accordingly named heir presumptive in 1385.

Because of that event, and a succession of other events, what you're listening to right now is my final broadcast on the air.

Because of residual fertility and pre-existing organisms, community change in early stages of secondary succession can be relatively rapid.

Because of Judea's status as a Roman client kingdom, Herod's plans for the succession had to be ratified by Augustus.

Because a family dictatorship exerts significant control on its succession, a successor is often determined well in advance.

Because of her lineage, she was 71st in the line of succession to the British throne, but was excluded from the line of succession due to marrying a Catholic.

Because there are 12 ( or 16 ) tone pairs, and typically four tones were sent in rapid succession ( less than one second ), more events could be triggered than by sub-audible tones ( usually 25 Hz and 35 Hz ).

Because the royal couple has only one son, the Thai constitution was altered in 1974 to allow for female succession.

Because his birth seemed to cement the Protestant succession established in the " Glorious Revolution ", Gloucester was contemporaneously viewed as a Protestant champion.

Because of their higher reproductive rates and ecological opportunism, primary colonisers typically are r-strategists and they are followed by a succession of increasingly competitive flora and fauna.

Because Sigeric was an Amali, a member of a rival clan-based subgroup among the Visigoths to the Balti ( of which Ataulf and Wallia were part ), then, in the succession of kings usually labeled the Balti dynasty, Sigeric is the only one who does not belong if the kingship is defined by Balthi dynastic connections.