Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 2,3, 6-535, and 580-647
Section 18:453 - Dual candidacyA. General prohibitions. A person shall not become a candidate in a primary or general election for more than one office unless one of the offices is membership on a political party committee, nor shall a person be a candidate at the same time for two or more different offices to be filled at separate elections.B. Unexpired and succeeding term of office. A person may become a candidate for both the unexpired and the succeeding term of an office.C. Political party committees. A person may become a candidate in any primary or general election for membership on more than one committee of a political party, but a person may only become a candidate for one position, either at-large or from a political subdivision, on the same committee of a political party.D. President or vice president of the United States. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, a senator or representative in the United States Congress who has been nominated as a candidate for president or vice president of the United States may become a candidate in a primary or general election for either office in addition to the office he holds that is set to be decided at the same election.Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Acts 1983, No. 519, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2010, No. 570, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2020, No. 28, §1, eff. June 4, 2020.Amended by Acts 2024, No. 309,s. 1, eff. 5/28/2024.Amended by Acts 2020, No. 28,s. 1, eff. 6/4/2020.Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. 1/1/1978. Acts 1983, No. 519, §1, eff. 7/8/1983; Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. 1/1/2007; Acts 2010, No. 570, §1, eff. 1/1/2011.