Voters in North Dakota approved a ballot measure that sets a maximum age for representing the state in Congress... to amend the North Dakota Constitution, bars congressional candidates who would turn 81 or older by the end of the year before their term ends from being eligible for office.
The campaign in North Dakota to pass an age limit on the state's members of Congress began as many Americans have debated whether age ought to be a factor in this year's presidential contest.
Jared Hendrix, a Republican politician from Fargo who led the effort to put the question on the ballot, said he saw it as an opportunity to elevate the debate about whether older politicians can govern effectively.
North Dakota lawmakers anticipated that the new measure would be challenged in court if approved... The Constitution establishes age minimums to serve in Congress - 25 in the House and 30 in the Senate - but federal lawmakers may serve as long as they continue winning races.
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