Civics question 64 of 128
Who can vote in federal elections, run for federal office, and serve on a jury in the United States?
3 accepted answers
- Citizens
- Citizens of the United States
- U.S. citizens
You only need to give one of these. The officer accepts any of them.
Source: official USCIS question list for the 2025 version of the civics test. This site is independent and not affiliated with USCIS.
Background
Citizens of the United States can do all three. These are the activities the law reserves to citizenship, which is why the test groups them into one question. Others living in the country pay taxes, may serve in the military, and hold the same protections in court, but they cannot vote in a federal election, cannot run for Congress or the presidency, and cannot sit on a federal jury. A few local governments have chosen to let non-citizens vote in municipal elections, which does not change the federal rule. Note the offices that demand more than citizenship alone: a president must be a citizen from birth and at least thirty-five, while a senator needs nine years of citizenship and a representative seven.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice to explain the civics fact. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and the official answer above is the one to give at the interview.
Where this question sits
It is part of Rights and Responsibilities, inside the American Government section of the test.
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