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ralfd ◴[] No.43929524[source]
Is Pope Leo eligible to be voted President of the United States?
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mjirv ◴[] No.43929534[source]
sure, why not?
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tedivm ◴[] No.43929987[source]
To be president you have to be a resident for the previous 14 years, so he wouldn't be eligible unless he moved here today and waited 14 years. He'd be 83 at that point.
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1. ralfd ◴[] No.43930181{3}[source]
Quora says:

> Interestingly, the Constitution does not specify whether the 14 years have to be consecutive, nor is the 14 years must occur immediately before the person becomes president. Herbert Hoover, for example, lived in London from 1910 to 1917, and when he ran for election in 1928, he had only lived, on his return, to the U.S. for 11 years. This did not disqualify him from the presidency.