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Date
Title
Format
Advisory Opinions for State and Local Employee Activities
7/18/12
California’s Voter-Nominated Primary Elections are Presumptively Partisan for Purposes of the Hatch Act
2/29/12
Hatch Act does not prohibit elected sheriff from campaigning in uniform or while using his official title
7/6/11
Workforce Investment Boards are Executive Branch Agencies for Hatch Act Purposes
5/13/11
County corrections officer covered by the Hatch Act because of his supervision of federal inmates at county jail
5/12/11
Hatch Act's Application to the Director of a Public Library
2/8/11
Police Chief covered by the Hatch Act because of his department’s participation in federally funded overtime programs
2/7/11
When Does Candidacy Begin for Purposes of the Hatch Act?
1/18/11
The Southern Alleghenies Planning and Development Commission is a state or local agency for purposes of the Hatch Act
5/6/10
Payments in Lieu of Taxes Are Not Federal Grants for Purposes of the Hatch Act
4/8/10
State/Local Employee Not Prohibited from Being a Candidate for Party Office
12/2/09
Accepting an office won by write-in votes
8/11/09
Direct appropriations are grants for purposes of the Hatch Act
7/6/09
City Legislative Branch Employee Not Covered by the Hatch Act
5/6/09
Holding Elective Office
4/27/09
Which Job is Your Principal Employment?
4/23/09
Running for Office in Different City, Town, etc. than Where You are Employed
2/23/09
County Nurse Providing Care to Medicaid Patients is Covered by the Hatch Act
7/31/08
Partisan election defined
5/25/08
Temporary Change in Duties not enough to Remove an Employee from coverage under the Hatch Act
4/28/08
Educational Exemption
3/11/08
Employee of Task Force covered by Hatch Act even though salary and overtime is not funded by a federal loan or grant
12/5/07
Educational exemption does not apply accepting appointment to office after running in violation of the Hatch Act
9/27/07
Reimbursement to a state for the care of veterans is not a “grant” within the meaning of the Hatch Act
9/5/07
Write-in candidacy
6/21/07
State/local employee covered by Hatch Act (re: First Assistant District Attorney)
6/13/07
Employment through the Federal Work Study Program
5/29/07
State Quality assurance reviewer for federal program covered by the Hatch Act
2/28/07
Funds from the Federal Highway User Tax Fund constitute a “loan or grant” for purposes of the Hatch Act
2/23/07
State caseworker for federal program covered by Hatch Act
11/2/06
Employees Still Covered by the Hatch Act While on Terminal Leave
8/14/06
Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation is a “state executive agency” for purposes of the Hatch Act
4/19/06
Exceptions to candidacy prohibition do not apply to county employee covered by the Hatch Act
2006
Federal Grants Used to Purchase Equipment
3/7/03
Limited Candidacy Exemption for Elected Officials
1/16/02
Non-Partisan Election Transformed to Partisan Election
3/10/98
Elected official who becomes a state employee
11/20/97
Educational exemption
9/27/96
Duties in connection with a federally funded program
9/20/96
Candidacy in a nonpartisan election
8/9/96
Application to employees of private nonprofits
7/11/96
Legislative branch employees
6/5/96
Principal employment
3/14/95
Candidacy in a partisan election