[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1226.5]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

       CHAPTER XII--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

PART 1226_PROHIBITIONS ON ELECTORAL AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES--Table 

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                    Subpart B_Sponsoring Organization

 

Sec. 1226.5  Electoral, voter registration, and other activities.



    Volunteers or other assistance, in any program under the Act shall 

not be assigned or provided to an organization if a principal purpose or 

activity of the organization includes any of the following activities:

    (a) Electoral Activities. Any activity designed to influence the 

outcome of elections to any public office, such as:

    (1) Actively campaigning for or against or supporting candidates for 

public office;

    (2) Raising, soliciting or collecting funds for candidates for 

public office;

    (3) Preparing, distributing or providing funds for campaign 

literature for candidates, including leaflets pamphlets, and material 

designed for the print or electronic media;

    (b) Voter Registration Activities. Any voter registration activity, 

such as

    (1) Providing transportation of individuals to voter registration 

sites;

    (2) Providing assistance to individuals in the process of 

registering to vote, including determinations of eligibility;

    (3) Disseminating official voter registration material.

    (c) Transportation to the Polls. Providing voters or prospective 

voters with transportation to the polls or raising, soliciting or 

collecting funds for such activity.

    (d) Any program sponsor which, subsequent to the receipt of any 

federal assistance under the Act, makes as one of its principal purposes 

or activities any of the activities described in Sec. 1226.5 hereof 

shall be subject to the suspension or termination of such assistance, as 

provided in 45 CFR part 1206.