If You Can't Vote Yourself You Can't Run for Office in That District

Section 1

Text of Section 1: Election and Officers The citizens of the state shall be entitled to vote at all elections held within the counties in which they respectively reside; but no person who is a minor, or who has been declared mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction, or who is under conviction of treason, felony or bribery in an election, or who has not been a resident of the state and of the county in which he offers to vote, for thirty days next preceding such offer, shall be permitted to vote while such disability continues; but no person in the military, naval or marine service of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this state by reason of being stationed therein.[1]

MAGISTRATE Term: 4 years Minimum Age: 21 years (by the time the Salary: $57,500 individual takes office) Filing Fee: $575 Residence: Must reside in the county in which they are elected Qualifications: High school education or its equivalent; no more than one magistrate in immediate family; no past felony conviction or any conviction for moral turpitude Filing Office: County Clerk

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY Term: 4 years Minimum Age: 18 years Filing Fee: Contact County Clerk Residence: Must reside in West Virginia Other:Admitted to practice law by the time the term begins