North Dakota State Initiated Constitutional Measure No. 1 - Constitutional Article to Limit Age of Federal Candidates

This initiated measure would add a new article to the North Dakota Constitution. Under the measure, no person may be elected or appointed to serve any portion of a term representing North Dakota in the U.S. Senate or the U.S. House of Representatives if that person could be 81 years old by December 31 of the year immediately preceding the end of the term, and any such person is prohibited from appearing on the ballot. If a superior law requires age-limited candidates to appear on the ballot in a primary or general election, the candidates' age on December 31 of the year immediately preceding the end of the term they are seeking must be printed next to the names of all candidates for all federal legislative offices in future elections. The article also requires the Attorney General to zealously defend Section 4 of the article in the courts of this state or of the United States. The article would become effective immediately upon approval by the voters. If the measure conflicts with any other provision of the state constitution, the measure states it would prevail over the other constitutional provisions.