149.11 POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES.

   (a)    No official or employee in the classified civil service of the City shall directly or indirectly, orally or by letter, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political party or for any candidate for public office; nor shall any official or employee in the classified civil service of the City be an officer in any political organization or take part in politics other than to vote as he pleases and to express freely his political opinions.

   (b)    The following are examples of permissible activities for classified civil service employees:

      (1)   Registration and voting;

      (2)   Expression of opinion, either oral or written;

      (3)   Voluntary financial contribution to political candidates or organizations as provided herein;

      (4)   Circulation of nonpartisan petitions or petitions stating views on legislation;

      (5)   Attendance at political rallies;

      (6)   Signing nominating petitions in support of individuals;

      (7)   Display of political materials in the employee's home or on the employee's property;

      (8)   Wearing political badges or buttons or the display of political stickers on private vehicles.

   (c)    The following activities are prohibited to classified civil service employees:

      (1)   Candidacy for public office in a partisan election;

      (2)   Candidacy for public office in a nonpartisan general election if the nomination to candidacy was obtained in a partisan primary or through the circulation of nominating petitions identified with a political party;

      (3)   Filing of petitions meeting statutory requirements for partisan candidacy to elective office;

      (4)   Circulation of official nominating petitions for any candidate participating in a partisan election;

      (5)   Service in an elected or appointed office in any partisan political organization;

      (6)   Acceptance of a party-sponsored appointment to any office filled by partisan election;

      (7)   Campaigning by writing for publications, by distributing political material, or by writing or making speeches on behalf of a candidate for partisan elective office, when such activities are directed toward party success;

      (8)   Solicitation, either directly or indirectly, of any assessment, contribution or subscription, either monetary or in-kind, for any political party or political candidate;

      (9)   Solicitation of the sale, or actual sale, of political party tickets;

      (10)   Partisan activities at the election polls, such as solicitation of votes for other than nonpartisan candidates and nonpartisan issues;

      (11)   Service as recorder, checker, watcher, challenger, judge or board of election poll worker for any party or partisan nature;

      (12)   Participation in political caucuses of a partisan nature;

      (13)   Participation in a political action committee which supports partisan activity.

         (OAC 123:1-46-02; Ord. 96-1995. Passed 6-26-95.)