Hatch Act DO's and DONT's
Employees
May:
- Register and vote as they choose;
- Assist in voter registration drives;
- Express opinions about all candidates and issues, privately and publicly;
- Run
for election to a non-partisan office;
- Contribute money to political organizations or attend a political fund raising
function;
- Sign petitions, including nominating petitions;
- Wear political badges, buttons (except in government buildings);
- Run
for office within party organizations and affiliate groups;
- Attend political conventions, rallies and meetings as an elected
representative of a partisan organization;
- Take an active part in political management of campaigns;
- Solicit contributions to the political action committee of the organization to
which both employees belong provided that the contributor is not a subordinate
employee;
- Spouses and other members of an employees' family may engage in all forms of
partisan political activities.
Employees
May Not:
- Be
candidates for public office in partisan politics;
- Use
their official position to influence or coerce colleagues and election
results;
- Wear political buttons in government buildings;
- Collect, solicit, receive, handle, disburse or account for contributions from
the general public;
- Wear a government uniform or government insignia while engaged in political
activities;
- Sell tickets to a political fund raising function to the general public.