5 CFR § 734.403 - Participation in elections.

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title: "5 CFR § 734.403 - Participation in elections."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "734.403"
section_name: "Participation in elections."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
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subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "734"
part_name: "POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 1103, 1104, 7325; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978, 92 Stat. 3783, 3 CFR 1978 Comp. p. 323; and E.O. 12107, 3 CFR 1978 Comp. p. 264."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 48769, Sept. 23, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
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# 734.403 Participation in elections.

Each employee covered under this subpart retains the right to:

(a) Register and vote in any election;

(b) Take an active part, as a candidate or in support of a candidate, in a nonpartisan election; and

(c) Serve as an election judge or clerk, or in a similar position, to perform nonpartisan duties as prescribed by State or local law.