An Act to Regulate the Holding of the First… Section 3

Candidacies of public officers or candidacies for more than one office.

Section 3

SEC. 3. Candidacies of public officers or candidacies for more than one office.—Any person holding a public office or employment in the executive or judicial branch, shall automatically cease in his office at the time of filing his certificate of candidacy. No person shall present himself as a candidate for or be eligible to more than one office at the election provided for in this Act, and any person filing certificates of candidacy for two or more different offices shall not be understood to be a candidate for any of such offices.

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