{"data":{"id":"us/5-u.s.c.-1503","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 U.S.C. § 1503","heading":"Nonpartisan candidacies permitted","body":"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.","path":["Title 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 15—POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc05@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:42Z","sha256":"75e61909a3efe045a4cc0f0c01983159fcfad641b4ea49aadbac7f8309887762","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/5-u.s.c.-1502","next":"us/5-u.s.c.-1504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}