(a) Employees may:
(1) Take an active part in political management or in political campaigns to the extent permitted by law (5 U.S.C. 7321-7326); and
(2) Vote as they choose and express their opinions on political subjects and candidates.
(b) Employees may not use their official authority or influence to interfere with or affect election results.
(c) Employees may be disqualified from employment for knowingly supporting or advocating the violent overthrow of our constitutional form of government.
Note: The Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993 significantly reduced the statutory restrictions on the political activity of most Department employees. However, career members of the Senior Executive Service and employees of the Secret Service, the Internal Revenue Service, Office of Criminal Investigation, the Customs Service, Office of Investigative Programs, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Office of Law Enforcement, remain subject to significant restrictions on their political activities.