CFR Subpart B

CFR Subpart B
in effect

5 C.F.R. § 734.201 Exclusion from coverage.

This subpart does not apply to employees in the agencies and positions described in subpart D of this part.

5 C.F.R. § 734.202 Permitted activities.

Employees may take an active part in political activities, including political management and political campaigns, to the extent not expressly prohibited by law and this part.

5 C.F.R. § 734.203 Participation in nonpartisan activities.

An employee may: (a) Express his or her opinion privately and publicly on political subjects; (b) Be politically active in connection with a question which is not specifically identified with a political party, such as a constitutional amendment, referendum, approval of a municipal ordinance or any other question or issue of a similar character; (c) Participate in the nonpartisan activities of a civic, community, social, labor, or professional organization, or of a similar organization; and (d) Participate fully in public affairs, except as prohibited by other Federal law, in a manner which does not compromise his or her efficiency or integrity as an employee or the neutrality, efficiency, or integrity of the agency or instrumentality of the United States Government in which he or she is employed.

5 C.F.R. § 734.204 Participation in political organizations.

An employee may: (a) Be a member of a political party or other political group and participate in its activities; (b) Serve as an officer of a political party or other political group, a member of a national, State, or local committee of a political party, an officer or member of a committee of a political group, or be a candidate for any of these positions; (c) Attend and participate fully in the business of nominating caucuses of political parties; (d) Organize or reorganize a political party organization or political group; and (e) Participate in a political convention, rally, or other political gathering. (f) Serve as a delegate, alternate, or proxy to a political party convention.

5 C.F.R. § 734.205 Participation in political campaigns.

Subject to the prohibitions in § 734.306, an employee may: (a) Display pictures, signs, stickers, badges, or buttons associated with political parties, candidates for partisan political office, or partisan political groups, as long as these items are displayed in accordance with the provisions of § 734.306 of subpart C of this part; (b) Initiate or circulate a nominating petition for a candidate for partisan political office; (c) Canvass for votes in support of or in opposition to a partisan political candidate or a candidate for political party office; (d) Endorse or oppose a partisan political candidate or a candidate for political party office in a political advertisement, broadcast, campaign literature, or similar material; (e) Address a convention, caucus, rally, or similar gathering of a political party or political group in support of or in opposition to a partisan political candidate or a candidate for political party office; and (f) Take an active part in managing the political campaign of a partisan political candidate or a candidate for political party office.

5 C.F.R. § 734.206 Participation in elections.

An employee may: (a) Register and vote in any election; (b) Act as recorder, watcher, challenger, or similar officer at polling places; (c) Serve as an election judge or clerk, or in a similar position; and (d) Drive voters to polling places for a partisan political candidate, partisan political group, or political party.

5 C.F.R. § 734.207 Candidacy for public office.

An employee may: (a) Run as an independent candidate in a partisan election covered by 5 CFR part 733; and (b) Run as a candidate in a nonpartisan election.

5 C.F.R. § 734.208 Participation in fundraising.

(a) An employee may make a political contribution to a political party, political group, campaign committee of a candidate for public office in a partisan election and multicandidate political committee of a Federal labor or Federal employee organization. (b) Subject to the prohibitions stated in section 734.303, an employee may— (1) Attend a political fundraiser; (2) Accept and receive political contributions in a partisan election described in 5 CFR part 733; (3) Solicit, accept, or receive uncompensated volunteer services from any individual; and (4) Solicit, accept, or receive political contributions, as long as: (i) The person who is solicited for a political contribution belongs to the same Federal labor organization, or Federal employee organization, as the employee who solicits, accepts, or receives the contribution; (ii) The person who is solicited for a political contribution is not a subordinate employee; and (iii) The request is for a contribution to the multicandidate political committee of a Federal labor organization or to the multicandidate political committee of a Federal employee organization in existence on October 6, 1993. (c) Subject to the provisions of § 734.306, an employee may make a financial contribution to a political action committee through a voluntary allotment made under § 550.311(b) of this chapter, if the head of the employee's agency permits agency employees to make such allotments to political action committees. (d) An employee who is covered under this subpart and is a payroll official in an agency where employees are permitted to make allotments to political action committees may process the completed direct deposit forms for voluntary allotments which have been made to such committees under section 550.311(b) of this title.