The North Dakota Constitutional Amendment passed yesterday with a 61% Yes vote (a majority vote was needed) that bars candidates for US House or US Senate who would attain their 81st birthday by December 31 of the year preceding the year in which their term ended.

So, this could stop some people who are younger than 79 years (for US House elections) and younger than 75 years (for US Senate elections) on Election Day from seeking office.

This will likely face legal challenges based on the US Constitution and prior rulings that qualifications for federal offices cannot be more than those stated in the US Constitution (e.g., the US Term Limits decision of the US Supreme Court).

Here is the story from NBC News.

Here is a link to the study.

Here is yesterday’s announcement on X.

The Libertarian Party of Montana has also stated that they will not place the LP presidential ticket of Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat on the ballot in that state.

Only one time in its history has a Libertarian Party state affiliate placed a presidential ticket other than the national convention-nominated presidential ticket on its ballot. That was in 2000, when the Libertarian Party of Arizona declined to put the Harry Browne/Art Olivier ticket on the ballot, and instead placed L. Neil Smith for President and Vic Supranowitz for Vice President on the general election ballot in Arizona.