What is the test for eligibility to be a judge?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People ex rel. City of Commerce v. Argumedo, 239 Cal.Rptr.3d 128, 28 Cal.App.5th 274 (Cal. App. 2018):
The "right to hold public office, either by election or appointment, is one of the valuable rights of citizenship. ... The exercise of this right should not be declared prohibited or curtailed except by plain provisions of law. Ambiguities are to be resolved in favor of eligibility to office." ( Carter v. Commission on Qualifications of Judicial Appointments (1939) 14 Cal.2d 179, 182, 93 P.2d 140.)
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