[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 5, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 5CFR734.307]



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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL

 

          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)

 

PART 734_POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart C_Prohibited Activities

 

Sec. 734.307  Campaigning for a spouse or family member.



    An employee covered under this subpart who is the spouse or family 

member of either a candidate for partisan political office, candidate 

for political party office, or candidate for public office in a 

nonpartisan election, is subject to the same prohibitions as other 

employees covered under this subpart.

    Example 1: An employee who is married to a candidate for partisan 

political office may attend a fundraiser for his or her spouse, stand in 

the receiving line, sit at the head table, and urge others to vote for 

his or her spouse. However, the employee may not personally solicit, 

accept, or receive contributions of money or the paid or unpaid services 

of a business or corporation, or sell or collect money for tickets to 

the fundraiser.

    Example 2: An employee who is the daughter of a candidate for 

partisan political office may appear in a family photograph which is 

printed in a campaign flier. She may distribute fliers at a campaign 

rally as long as she does not personally solicit contributions.

    Example 3: An employee who is married to a candidate for political 

partisan political office may appear with her spouse in a political 

advertisement or a broadcast, and urge others to vote for her spouse, as 

long as the employee does not personally solicit political 

contributions.



[59 FR 48769, Sept. 23, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 35101, July 5, 1996]