§ 1503. — Nonpartisan candidacies permitted.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 5USC1503]
TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART II--CIVIL SERVICE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
CHAPTER 15--POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES
Sec. 1503. Nonpartisan candidacies permitted
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,
Sec. 401(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1974, 88 Stat. 1290.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Statutes and
Derivation U.S. Code Statutes at Large
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5 U.S.C. 118n (as applicable July 19, 1940, ch.
to 5 U.S.C. 118k(a)). 640, Sec. 4 ``Sec.
18 (as applicable to
Sec. 12 of the Act
of Aug. 2, 1939;
added July 19, 1940,
ch. 640, Sec. 4, 54
Stat. 767)'', 54
Stat. 772.
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Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
Amendments
1974--Pub. L. 93-443 substituted ``candidacies'' for ``political
activity'' in section catchline and provision permitting nonpartisan
candidacies for prior provision permitting political activity in
connection with (1) an election and the preceding campaign if none of
the candidates was to be nominated or elected at that 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, or (2) a question which was not specifically
identified with a National or State political party and deeming
questions relating to constitutional amendments, referendums, approval
of municipal ordinances, and others of a similar character as not
specifically identified with a National or State political party.
Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 93-443 effective Jan. 1, 1975, see section
410(a) of Pub. L. 93-443, set out as a note under section 431 of Title
2, The Congress.
