{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-151.121","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 151.121","heading":"Use of official authority; coercion; candidacy; prohibitions.","body":"A State or local officer or employee may not—\n(a) Use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination for office; or\n(b) Directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command, or advise a State or local officer or employee to pay, lend, or contribute anything of value to a political party, committee, organization, agency, or person for a political purpose.\n(c) Be a candidate for elective office if the salary of the employee is paid completely, directly or indirectly, by loans or grants made by the United States or a Federal agency.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 151—POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF STATE OR LOCAL OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"28e044f629151b7dac713d2d5fe76c2dde9f3412d29046dca736e4a33c1335b7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-151.111","next":"us/5-cfr-151.122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}