§ 1503. Nonpartisan candidacies permitted

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1966

   Pub. L. 89–554 · 80 Stat. 378

   Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 1503

   Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 404

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 404

2. 1974

   Pub. L. 93–443 title IV § 401(b)(1) · 88 Stat. 1263

   Substituted · 5 U.S.C. § 1503

   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

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   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.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 1503 of title 5, United States Code, relating to nonpartisan political activity, is amended to read as follows: “§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.”.

   Effective date note
   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 30101 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.

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