7.27—Political activity.
(a)
No person may be a member of the county governing body or hold a Federal, State, or county office filled by an election held pursuant to law or be employed by any such office and also hold office as a county committee member, community committee member, delegate, alternate to such office, or be employed in any capacity, except, that members of school boards, soil conservation district boards, weed control district boards, or of similar boards are not ineligible to hold office or employment under this paragraph solely because of membership on such boards.
(b)
No person may be a candidate for membership on the county governing body or for any Federal, State, or county office filled by an election held pursuant to law and hold office as a county committee member, community committee member, delegate, alternate to any such office, or be employed in any capacity, except, that candidates for school boards, soil conservation district boards, irrigation district boards, drainage district boards, weed control district boards, or for similar boards are not ineligible to hold office or employment under this subsection solely because of candidacy for such boards.
(c)
No person may be an officer, employee, or delegate to a convention of any political party or political organization and hold office as a county committee member, community committee member, delegate, alternate to any such office, or be employed in any capacity.
(d)
The tenure of office of any county committee member, community committee member, delegate, alternate to any such office, or the employment of any employee, shall be automatically terminated as soon as any such person becomes ineligible for office of employment under the provisions of paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of this section.
(e)
No county committee member, community committee member, delegate, or alternate to any such office, or any employee shall at any time engage in the following political activities:
(1)
Solicit or receive any contributions (including the sale of tickets) for political party organizations or for a candidate for political office or for any other political purpose in any room or building used for the transaction of any Federal official business, or at any place from any other county committee member, community committee member, delegate, or alternate to any such office or employee.
(2)
Use official authority or influence to discharge, remove, demote, or promote any employee, or threaten or promise to so do, for withholding or giving contributions (including the buying or the refusal to buy tickets) for political purposes, or for supporting or opposing any candidate or any political organization in any primary, general, or special election for political office.
(3)
Use or direct or permit the use of any official space, equipment, materials, supplies, or personal services either to support or oppose any political office holder, candidate or party, or for any other political purpose.
(f)
A county committee member or alternate to such office, an employee on any day when entitled to receive pay for services in performance of duties, or an employee who serves during a continuous period of 90 days or more and has a regular tour of duty established in advance at any time, shall not solicit, collect, receive, disburse, or otherwise handle contributions of money, pledges, gifts, or anything of value (including the sale of tickets) made for:
(2)
A candidate for political office in any primary, general, or special election, but excluding such activities on behalf of individual candidates in township and municipal elections; or