5 CFR § 734.411 - Participation in political campaigning; prohibitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s734.411"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 734.411 - Participation in political campaigning; prohibitions."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "734.411"
section_name: "Participation in political campaigning; 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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# 734.411 Participation in political campaigning; prohibitions.
An employee covered under this subpart may not:
(a) Take an active part in managing the political campaign of a candidate for partisan political office or a candidate for political party office;
(b) Campaign for partisan political office;
(c) Canvass for votes in support of or in opposition to a candidate for partisan political office or a candidate for political party office, if such canvassing is done in concert with such a candidate, or of a political party, or partisan political group;
(d) Endorse or oppose a candidate for partisan political office or a candidate for political party office in a political advertisement, broadcast, campaign literature, or similar material if such endorsement or opposition is done in concert with such a candidate, political party, or partisan political group;
(e) Initiate or circulate a partisan nominating petition.