Now that I have Nucleotides back up and running (two worthwhile posts in ten days certainly beats what had come before), I was about to make an announcement. It's a good thing, though, that I didn't say anything too hastily.
I was going to announce my candidacy for the United States Senate in 2006, and it seemed wise to investigate the matter before telling the entire internet about it. Well, this helpful page from the New York State Board of Elections informed me of something that I needed to know, yet didn't want to hear.
I had known that a candidate for president must be 35 years old, but I had believed that there were no age restrictions on other elected federal offices. The president is, after all, unique in having to be born a US citizen. It turns out, though, that Article I of the Constitution itself says that you have to be 30 to be a senator.
Inconveniently, I won't be. Seven months shy, if you use election day (November) as the yardstick. Congresspersons are sworn in in January, so that won't do, either.
And I would have gotten away with it, if not for those meddling Founding Fathers...
Posted by Mitch at December 25, 2005 04:40 AMWell, if the current political climate has taught me anything, it's that honest people never get elected. So maybe THIS is the reason. Better luck next term my friend. I'd register to vote for you, if I lived in NY state, that is.
KSM
Posted by: Kevin Sean at January 9, 2006 03:27 AM