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Code · U.S. Code · Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · CHAPTER 15— POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES · § 1503

§ 1503. Nonpartisan candidacies permitted

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Section 1502(a)(3) of this title does not prohibit any State or local officer or employee from being a candidate in any election if none of the candidates is to be nominated or elected at such election as representing a party any of whose candidates for Presidential elector received votes in the last preceding election at which Presidential electors were selected.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 404; Pub. L. 93–443, title IV, § 401(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1974, 88 Stat. 1290.)
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
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  • Pub. L. 89–554
  • 80 Stat. 404
  • Pub. L. 93–443, title IV, § 401(b)(1)
  • 88 Stat. 1290
  • Pub. L. 93–443
  • section 410(a) of Pub. L. 93–443
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§ 1503
Nonpartisan candidacies permitted
Pub. L.Pub. L. 89–554
Stat.80 Stat. 404
Pub. L.Pub. L. 93–443, title IV, § 401(b)(1)
Stat.88 Stat. 1290
Pub. L.Pub. L. 93–443
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