In primaries, party members vote in a state election for the candidate they want to represent them in the general election. After the primaries and caucuses, each major party, Democrat and Republican, holds a national convention to select a Presidential nominee.
My deepest apologies if this is not what you meant.
The 4th amendment. It gives every person the right to be free from any unreasonable government intrusion to anything and everything personal
I think you worded your question incorrectly; the word to the definition an absence of government is: Anarchy
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On July 4, 1776, the Congress issued the Declaration of Independence, which for the first time asserted the colonies' intention to be fully independent of the mother country. The Congress established itself as the central governing authority under the Articles of Confederation, which remained in force until 1788.