5 CFR § 734.405 - Campaigning for a spouse or family member.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s734.405"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 734.405 - Campaigning for a spouse or family member."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "734.405"
section_name: "Campaigning for a spouse or family member."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "734"
part_name: "POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "734"
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# 734.405 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, or a candidate for political party office, may appear in photographs of the candidate's family which might appear in a political advertisement, a broadcast, campaign literature, or similar material. A spouse or a family member who is covered by the Hatch Act Reform Amendments also may attend political functions with the candidate. However, the spouse or family member may not distribute campaign literature or solicit, accept, or receive political contributions.