# A. General Eligibility

No Person may run for Congress if they have been convicted of a felony in any State or under federal law, or if their Civic Power to hold office is currently suspended under this Charter.

A Person running for Congress must live in the State or District that they are running to represent, and must maintain their primary residency in that State or District for the duration of their service.

A Person disqualified by felony conviction may ask a special panel of the Federal Judiciary—composed of judges drawn by lot from among the sitting judges of the Circuit Courts of Appeal and the Provincial Appellate Courts, excluding all others—to restore their eligibility by showing clear and convincing evidence that the conviction was wrongful, politically motivated, or that they have demonstrated a sustained pattern of civic responsibility since their conviction.

This provision does not replace or alter the separate process for restoring Civic powers suspended under Article I.
