5 CFR § 734.409 - Participation in political organizations; prohibitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s734.409"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 734.409 - Participation in political organizations; prohibitions."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "734.409"
section_name: "Participation in political organizations; prohibitions."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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# 734.409 Participation in political organizations; prohibitions.
An employee covered under this subpart may not:
(a) Serve as an officer of a political party, a member of a national, State, or local committee of a political party, an officer or member of a committee of a partisan political group, or be a candidate for any of these positions;
(b) Organize or reorganize a political party organization or partisan political group;
(c) Serve as a delegate, alternate, or proxy to a political party convention; and
(d) Address a convention, caucus, rally, or similar gathering of a political party or partisan political group in support of or in opposition to a candidate for partisan political office or political party office, if such address is done in concert with such a candidate, political party, or partisan political group.