---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 734.204"
title: "5"
number: "734.204"
heading: "Participation in political organizations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/734.204"
---

# §734.204. Participation in political organizations.


An employee may:

- (a) Be a member of a political party or other political group and participate in its activities;
- (b) Serve as an officer of a political party or other political group, a member of a national, State, or local committee of a political party, an officer or member of a committee of a political group, or be a candidate for any of these positions;
- (c) Attend and participate fully in the business of nominating caucuses of political parties;
- (d) Organize or reorganize a political party organization or political group; and
- (e) **Participate in a political convention, rally, or other political gathering.**
- (f) **Serve as a delegate, alternate, or proxy to a political party convention.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 48769, Sept. 23, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 35100, July 5, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1103, 1104, 7325; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978, 92 Stat. 3783, 3 CFR 1978 Comp. p. 323; and E.O. 12107, 3 CFR 1978 Comp. p. 264.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 48769, Sept. 23, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 48769, Sept. 23, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 35100, July 5, 1996]