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Qualifications for Membership in the Legislature

SECTION 1. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS. In order to take the office of Representative, a person must, at the time of election:

  • Be a citizen of the United States.

  • Be a qualified voter of this State.

  • Be at least twenty-one years of age.

  • Have been a legal resident of the District which he or she hath been elected to represent for at least three years.

  • Have NOT served as a judge of any court, Secretary of State, Attorney General, clerk of any court of record, or held a lucrative office under the United States, or this State or any other, or any foreign government, for at least one year.

  • Not be a collector of taxes, or otherwise be ntrusted with public money, shall be eligible to the Legislature, or to any office of profit or trust under the State government, until he shall have obtained a discharge for the amount of such collections, or for all public moneys with which he may have been entrusted.

  • Have NOT been removed from any legislative, executive or judicial office of this state by methods prescribed by this constitution.

  • Have NOT been removed from any legislative, executive or judicial office of the United States by methods prescribed by the constitution of the United States.

SECTION 2. JUDGE OF QUALIFICATIONS. The Legislature shall be the judge of the qualifications and election of its own members; but contested elections shall be determined in such manner as shall be provided by law.