North Carolina House of Representatives
Main article: North Carolina House of Representatives See also: Category:Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives and Speaker of the North Carolina House of RepresentativesThe 120 members of the House are led by a Speaker, who holds powers similar to those of the Senate President pro-tem.
The qualifications to be a member of the House are found in the state Constitution: "Each Representative, at the time of his election, shall be a qualified voter of the State, and shall have resided in the district for which he is chosen for one year immediately preceding his election." Elsewhere, the constitution specifies that no elected official shall be under twenty-one years of age and that no elected officials may deny the existence of God, although this provision is not enforced and may be contrary to the spirit of the "No religious test clause" of the United States Constitution.
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