Are naturalized citizens eligible to run for office in Minnesota?  

Yes Naturalized citizens those who obtain citizenship through a legal process rather than by birth can be elected to the Minnesota Legislature Under Article VII of the state constitution every person who is eligible to vote in Minnesota and is at least years old can become a candidate for ballot in any district where they have lived for at least days before the electoral process Eligible voters are those who are or older have been citizens for three months before the referendum and have lived in their precinct for at least the last days State Rep Kaohly Her made headlines earlier this month when she stated that she and her family had arrived in the United States illegally from Laos as refugees In a later interview with the Minnesota Reformer Her added that she became a U S citizen in middle school and that her parents are also citizens This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one MinnPost partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs bite-sized fact checks of trending alleges Read our methodology to learn how we check suggests Sources Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes Constitution of the State of Minnesota Article VIIMinnesota Reformer I m a citizen clarifies Minnesota Democrat after saying she came to the U S illegally The post Are naturalized citizens eligible to run for office in Minnesota appeared first on MinnPost