5 C.F.R. § 734.304
Candidacy for public office
An employee may not run for the nomination or as a candidate for election to partisan political office, except as specified in § 734.207.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2000–2024 · leading case: McEntee v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., 404 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2005).
McEntee v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., 404 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2005). “§ 7328 (a)(3) (2000); 5 C.F.R. § 734.304 (2004). The OSC also charged McEntee with knowingly soliciting, accepting, or receiving political contributions in violation of § 7323(a)(2) of the Hatch Act and its implementing regulations.”
Eric M. Kane v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., 210 F.3d 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2000). “§ 7323 (a)(3) (1994) and 5 C.F.R. § 734.304 (1999), and ordering his removal from his position with the Postal Service.”
Rodney Cowan v. Off. of Special Couns., 2022 MSPB 2 (MSPB 2022). “§ 7323 (a)(3) and 5 C.F.R. § 734.304 by being a candidate for the partisan political office of County Commissioner of Sevier County, Tennessee, in the 2014 general election while he was a full-time USPS employee at the Seymour Post Office located in Sevier County, Tennessee.”
Briggs v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., 322 F. App'x 983 (Fed. Cir. 2009). “§ 7323 (a)(3) and 5 C.F.R. § 734.304 . See Special Counsel v.”
Keith Arnold v. Keith L. Arnold (MSPB 2023). “¶5 The respondent claims that the administrative law judge and OSC “knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently” left out the exceptions contained within 5 C.F.R. § 734.304 , and that under those exceptions he was allowed to run in the primary election for Washington’s 8th…”
Choudhury Salekin v. Off. of Special Couns. (MSPB 2024). “§ 7323 (a)(3) and 5 C.F.R. § 734.304 . Id. at 9-10 . In counts 2-6, OSC alleged that the respondent used his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election in violation of 5 U.”
Beverly Miles v. Off. of Special Couns. (MSPB 2024). “§ 7323 (a)(3) and 5 C.F.R. § 734.304 for the 2022 election for the Governor of Illinois.”
Special Couns. v. James Murry (MSPB 2015). “§ 7323 (a)(3) and 5 C.F.R. § 734.304 ; and (2) knowingly soliciting, accepting, and/or receiving political contributions in violation of 5 U.”
Opinion No. (Ark. Att'y Gen. 2003). “" See 5 C.F.R. 734.304 . Again, these regulations govern certain federal employees and permit a broader range of political activities than normally allowed under the Hatch Act.”
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