---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 151.121"
title: "5"
number: "151.121"
heading: "Use of official authority; coercion; candidacy; prohibitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/151.121"
---

# §151.121. Use of official authority; coercion; candidacy; prohibitions.


A State or local officer or employee may not—

- (a) Use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination for office; or
- (b) Directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command, or advise a State or local officer or employee to pay, lend, or contribute anything of value to a political party, committee, organization, agency, or person for a political purpose.
- (c) Be a candidate for elective office if the salary of the employee is paid completely, directly or indirectly, by loans or grants made by the United States or a Federal agency.

## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 42733, Sept. 16, 1975, as amended at 79 FR 25484, May 5, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 1501-1508, as amended, Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978, section 102, 92 Stat. 3783, 3 CFR 1978 Comp. p. 323; and E.O. 12107, section 1-102, 3 CFR 1978 Comp. p. 264.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 16783, Oct. 30, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 42733, Sept. 16, 1975, as amended at 79 FR 25484, May 5, 2014]