5 CFR § 151.111 - Permissible activities.

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title: "5 CFR § 151.111 - Permissible activities."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "151.111"
section_name: "Permissible activities."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
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subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "151"
part_name: "POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF STATE OR LOCAL OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 1302, 1501-1508, as amended, Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978, section 102, 92 Stat. 3783, 3 CFR 1978 Comp. p. 323; and E.O. 12107, section 1-102, 3 CFR 1978 Comp. p. 264."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 16783, Oct. 30, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
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# 151.111 Permissible activities.

(a) All State or local officers or employees are free to engage in political activity to the widest extent consistent with the restrictions imposed by law and this part. A State or local officer or employee may participate in all political activity not specifically restricted by law and this part, including candidacy for office in a nonpartisan election and candidacy for political party office.

[40 FR 42733, Sept. 16, 1975]