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Article 27
 

Multiple candidacies 


1 If the name of a candidate appears on more than one candidate list in any constituency, the name shall be deleted immediately by the canton from all the candidate lists on which it appears.


2 The Federal Chancellery shall immediately delete from the candidate list any candidate whose name already appears on an electoral list or a candidate list in another canton.


3 The Federal Chancellery shall immediately notify the cantons concerned of the deletions that it has made.