Qualifications and Disqualification of Candidates

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1. What constitutional age is required for President on election day?
2. What constitutional age is required for Senator on election day?
3. Which citizenship qualification applies constitutionally to both President and Senator?
4. A senatorial candidate will turn thirty-five only after election day. The candidate asks to use age at assumption of of…
5. A person is merely charged with an offense potentially within BP 881, Section 12, but there is no final judgment. The c…
6. A presidential aspirant is natural-born, registered and literate and meets the age requirement, but has resided in the …
7. An aspirant seeks a district House seat and is a qualified voter elsewhere but not in the district. The aspirant invoke…
8. Explain why candidate qualifications must be checked for the particular office rather than inferred from qualification …
9. Why does a pending criminal accusation not itself establish BP 881, Section 12's final-judgment disqualification?
10. Compare the constitutional age requirements for President, Senator and House member and identify their relevant date.
11. Under Section 39 of the Local Government Code, what is the minimum age for a municipal mayor on election day?
12. What language ability does Section 39(a) require of an elective local official?