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The Qualifications Clauses are provisions in the [[U.S. Constitution]] that establish the qualifications for elected [[federal]] office.  For example, Art. I, § 2, Cl 2 of the [[Constitution]] states:
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The '''Qualifications Clauses''' are provisions in the [[U.S. Constitution]] that establish the qualifications for elected [[federal]] office.  For example, Art. I, § 2, Cl 2 of the [[Constitution]] states:
  
 
:No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
 
:No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
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Latest revision as of 18:03, July 13, 2016

The Qualifications Clauses are provisions in the U.S. Constitution that establish the qualifications for elected federal office. For example, Art. I, § 2, Cl 2 of the Constitution states:

No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.