{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-734.409","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 734.409","heading":"Participation in political organizations; prohibitions.","body":"An employee covered under this subpart may not:\n(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;\n(b) Organize or reorganize a political party organization or partisan political group;\n(c) Serve as a delegate, alternate, or proxy to a political party convention; and\n(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.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 734—POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES","Subpart D—Employees in Certain Agencies and Positions"],"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":"1b60e1ef961738c3d8bb00cac939bf45b2809cd9a75a4bfc7ef57f66cd2bd7fb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-734.408","next":"us/5-cfr-734.410"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}