A North Dakota ballot question could be a legal test case for political age limits
Voters will decide whether to cap the age of candidates for the U.S. House or Senate, but the measure could face an uphill battle in court.
by Joe Hernandez
Mar 20, 2024
3 minutes
A ballot question before North Dakota voters this summer will ask whether the state should bar anyone from running for the U.S. House of Representatives or Senate if they'd turn 81 before the last three days of their term.
It's the latest effort to set age limits for politicians, something that's seen growing support across the country but likely faces an uphill legal battle.
At least one Constitutional scholar says the North Dakota proposal would violate a Supreme Court
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