The Postal Service wants employees to remember the rules surrounding the Hatch Act as the election approaches.
The Hatch Act is a federal law that governs the political activity of all federal government employees, including USPS employees.
A political activity is one directed at the success or failure of a partisan candidate, partisan political party or a partisan political group.
Under the Hatch Act, USPS employees are prohibited from engaging in partisan political activity while on duty, while wearing a uniform, while on government property or while inside a vehicle owned or leased by the government.
Additionally, under the law, federal employees may not be a candidate in a partisan election.
The Office of Special Counsel, an independent agency, investigates Hatch Act violations and takes disciplinary action.
The Postal Service’s Ethics Blue page and the Office of Special Counsel’s website have additional information about the Hatch Act.