Ineligibility

The incapacity to be lawfully elected; disqualification to hold an ofllce if elected or appointed to it.

State v. Murray, 28 Wis. 99, 9 Am. Rep. 489.

This incapacity arises from various causes; and a person may be Incapable of being elected to one office who may be elected to another: the incapacity may also be perpetual or temporary. Among perpetual inabilities may be reckoned, the inability of a citizen bom in a foreign country to be elected president of the United States. Among the temporary inabilities may be mentioned, the holding of an office declared by law to be Incompatible with the one sought; the non-payment of the taxes required by law; the want of certain property qualifications required by the constitution; the want of age, or being too old. As to the effect on an election of the candidate having the highest number of votes being ineligible, see Election. See also Eliqi- Bmrrr.