5 U.S.C. § 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, § 401(b)(1) , Oct. 15, 1974 , 88 Stat. 1290 .)