Talk:Age of candidacy laws in the United States

Some more info to parse
Some info on the history of Age of Candidacy in the U.S. (gleaned from Google):

"In 1971, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which forbids the states to deny the vote to anyone eighteen years or older, had no effect on the constitutionality of age requirements for holding office. Those challenging age restrictions have argued that such laws deny people under the required age equal protection of the law. These challenges have not been successful. Courts have found that holding office is not a fundamental right that states may not restrict. They have determined that age is a reasonable basis of discrimination to ensure that those serving in government possess the necessary maturity, experience, and competence to perform as effective representatives. The Framers of the U.S. Constitution set forth a number of reasons for requiring a minimum age for election to office, beliefs that are still held today. James Madison successfully argued that a minimum age of thirty should be required to serve in the U.S. Senate. He cited as his reason "the Senatorial trust," requiring a "stability of character" that could only be realized with age (Federalist No. 62). George Mason, of Virginia, suggested that twenty-five be set as the minimum age for the House of Representatives, a proposal that was adopted. He maintained that twenty-one-year-olds did not possess sufficient maturity to serve in the House, as their political beliefs were "too crude and erroneous to merit an influence on public opinions" (1 Records of the Federal Convention of 1787). James Wilson, a drafter from Pennsylvania, countered, unsuccessfully, that age requirements would "damp the effects of genius and of laudable ambition" and added that there was "no more reason for incapacitating youth than age" (1 Records of the Federal Convention of 1787)."

Kaldari 21:38, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

States
Is there any state with no AoC for a particular office? [squiggle key is broken] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.118.170.35 (talk) 18:53, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Candidacy?
Is it right to present these as ages of candidancy? The federal qualifications at least, apply to when someone can take office, not when they can run for it - for instance, Joe Biden was 29 when he was a candidate for the Senate and was elected, but turned 30 before his inauguration. --94.173.208.118 (talk) 16:34, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm open to other title suggestions. The only other one I can come up with is "Age requirements for public office". Kaldari (talk) 19:09, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

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Minneapolis and Saint Paul
I moved Minneapolis and Saint Paul up to 21 years of age based on some investigation kicked off by the recent city elections here.

Relevant sources here:

- Minneapolis https://vote.minneapolismn.gov/candidates/filing-for-office/eligibility-to-hold-office/ (wayback: http://web.archive.org/web/20230124202651/https://vote.minneapolismn.gov/candidates/filing-for-office/eligibility-to-hold-office/)

- Saint Paul https://www.ramseycounty.us/residents/elections-voting/candidates/candidate-filing (wayback: http://web.archive.org/web/20230701153634/https://www.ramseycounty.us/residents/elections-voting/candidates/candidate-filing)

Realizing now I should probably put those links in the main doc too as footnotes, I'm just a wikipedia noob :) Gdryke (talk) 03:01, 10 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Got the links added! Gdryke (talk) 03:57, 14 November 2023 (UTC)