City, County, and State employees may participate in political activities and contribute to campaigns.
City and County employees must take an unpaid leave of absence, use accrued overtime, or accrued vacation time to run for office with the entity which he/she is employed.
Use of leave, overtime, or vacation time from date of qualification until date when no longer seeking office.
Members of a candidate's immediate family (to second degree of kinship by blood or marriage) cannot serve as a polling official in any election which the relative-candidate is participating.
If reasonable notice is given to an employer, then an employee is entitled to a maximum of one hour absence (determined by employer) from work to vote on Election Day.
Exception: work shift starts at 9:00 a.m. or later or ends at 6:00 p.m. or earlier.
