Hatch Act advisory opinions

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