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COUNTY LAW, § 525 (1); ELECTION LAW, § 1-104 (5).

The public office of county clerk and the party office of chairman of the county political party are not incompatible, and in the absence of a prohibition by rule of the Supreme or County Court, may be held simultaneously by the same person. John S Balzano, Esq. Assistant County Attorney, Oneida County

You inquire whether a county clerk may serve as chairman of the county political party.

The common law doctrine of incompatibility enunciates standards for determining whether one person may simultaneously hold two or more public offices. Two…