{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-207.24","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-207.24","heading":"Political participation in certain elections first held under this chapter.","body":"(a)\nIn order to provide continuity in the government of the District of Columbia during the transition from the appointed government to the elected government provided for under this chapter, no person employed by the United States or by the government of the District of Columbia shall be prohibited by reason of such employment:\n(1)\nFrom being a candidate in the first primary election and general election  held under this chapter for the office of Mayor or Chairman or member of the  Council of the District of Columbia provided for under subchapter IV;  and\n(2)\nIf such a candidate, from taking an active part in political management  or political campaigns in any election referred to in paragraph (1) of this  subsection.\n\n(b)\nSuch candidacy shall be deemed to have commenced on the day such person obtains from the Board of Elections an official nominating petition with his name stamped thereon, and shall terminate:\n(1)\nIn the case of such candidate who ceases to be eligible as a nominee for  the office with respect to which such petition was obtained by reason of his  inability or failure to qualify as a bona fide nominee prior to the expiration  of the final date for filing such petition under the election laws of the District of Columbia, on the day following such expiration date;\n(2)\nIn the case of such candidate who is elected to any such office with  respect to which such nominating petition was obtained, on the day such  candidate takes office following the election held with respect thereto;\n(3)\nIn the case of such candidate who is defeated in a primary election held  to nominate candidates for the office with respect to which such nominating  petition was obtained, on the expiration of the thirty-day period following  the date of such primary election; and\n(4)\nIn the case of such candidate who fails to be elected in a general  election to any such office with respect to which such nominating petition was  obtained, on the expiration of the thirty-day period following the date of  such election.\n\n(c)\nThe provisions of this section shall terminate as of January 2, 1975.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 2. District of Columbia Home Rule.","Subchapter VII. Referendum; Succession in Government; Temporary Provisions; Miscellaneous; Amendments to District of Columbia Elections Act; Rules of Construction; and Effective Dates.","Part C. Temporary Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-207.24","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a3a38c1e65998bc86d021e8f06bcb1523b1432436f374fa20363208e20819177","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-207.23","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-207.31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}