# Governance Eligibility Check

**URL:** <https://forum.algorand.co/t/governance-eligibility-check/5516>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 26, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/governance-eligibility-check/5516 "2021-12-26T02:35:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/governance-eligibility-check/5516/1 "2021-12-26T02:35:53Z")

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Hi, what is the best way to check the eligible status of an account? Scanning all transactions from today until commit, or we can use a smarter method?

I mean, I know I can use the _periods\_governors\_read_ API, but what method is that API using?

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