Candidate Eligibility

Candidate Eligibility is a legal criterion within election law that determines an individual's qualification to stand for public office, distinguished from related procedural or administrative requirements by specifying the substantive attributes—such as age, citizenship, residency, and criminal record—that a prospective candidate must possess to be lawfully permitted to contest an election.

Publications

4.3K

Citations

120

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Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Candidate Qualification

Parents

Election Law

Children

Ballot Access Qualification RulesCandidate Disqualification StandardsConstitutional Candidate QualificationsDisqualification For Criminal ConvictionsDisqualification For Mental IncapacityDual Office Holding RestrictionsEligibility LitigationFiling Deadlines For CandidacyGender Eligibility In CandidacyIncompatibility Of Offices

Publications

If Only They’d Ask: Gender, Recruitment, and Political Ambition

Richard L. Fox, Jennifer L. Lawless · The Journal of Politics · 2010 · 361 citations

Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Political Science +17

It still takes a candidate: why women don't run for office

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 328 citations

Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Political Science +17

Gendered Perceptions and Political Candidacies: A Central Barrier to Women's Equality in Electoral Politics

Richard L. Fox, Jennifer L. Lawless · American Journal of Political Science · 2010 · 276 citations

Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Political Science +14

Determinants of Participation in Presidential Elections

Orley Ashenfelter, Stanley F Kelley · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1975 · 175 citations

Social Sciences, Political Science, Electoral Politics +11

Manipulation of Social Program Eligibility

Adriana Camacho, Emily Conover · American Economic Journal Economic Policy · 2011 · 149 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Economics, Social Policy +14

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Authors

120

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Richard L. Fox
Union College, United States
7 publications · 940 citations
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Jennifer L. Lawless
American University, United States
6 publications · 892 citations
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Emily Conover
Hamilton College, United States
2 publications · 163 citations
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Thomas Stratmann
George Mason University, United States
2 publications · 96 citations
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Lonna Rae Atkeson
University of New Mexico, United States
2 publications · 150 citations
2
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Institutions

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Venues

Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 6 publications · 720 citations
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The Journal of Politics
JP · 5 publications · 607 citations
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Electoral Studies
3 publications · 164 citations
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European Journal of Political Economy
3 publications · 154 citations
3
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SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 3 publications · 59 citations
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