Section 401(e) provides that in any election of officers required by
the Act which is held by secret ballot, every member in good standing
with the exceptions explained in sections following shall be eligible to
be a candidate and to hold office. This provision is applicable not only
to the election of officers in local labor organizations, but also to
elections of officers in national or international and intermediate
labor organizations where those elections are held by secret ballot
referendum among the members, and to the election of delegates to
conventions at which officers will be elected.